History of Methodism

History & overview · every faith gets one

Grace for all, holiness for life, method for both.

Wesley's revival within the Church of England that became a global family: grace offered to everyone, sanctification pursued methodically, and faith organized into small accountable societies — with hymns Charles wrote by the thousand.

The founding

At a meeting on Aldersgate Street, Wesley felt his heart "strangely warmed" — and took the assurance outdoors, preaching in fields to miners the parish churches never reached.

Its founding is bound to John Wesley — 1738 CE.

What it holds

The divine. One God in three persons.

Death and after. Resurrection and judgment.

The line

descent is public here — where it came from, what left it

Judaism — c. 1000 BCE Christianity — 30 CE Catholicism Protestantism — 1517 CE Anglicanism — 1534 CE Methodism — 1738 CE

Keep going

Back to the overview — the living page: elements, discussion, the web The Belief room — the claims themselves, with sources and context Branch Methodism — inherit everything, change what you must