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-'''John Wesley''' (1703-1791) was a Christian Reformer.<ref name="a">{{Nuttall|Wesley, John}}</ref> He was also the [[founder]] of [[Methodism]], was born at [[Epworth]], in [[Lincolnshire]], was the son of a [[rector]], and was educated at the [[Charterhouse]] and at [[Lincoln College]] which is at [[Oxford]], of which he became a Fellow.  While there he and his brother, with others, were distinguished for their religious earnestness, and were nicknamed [[Methodism|Methodists]].  In 1735, he went on a mission to Georgia, U.S., and had for fellow voyagers some members of the Moravian body, whose simple piety made a deep impression on him.  And on his return in two years he made acquaintance with a Moravian missionary in [[London]], and was persuaded to a kindred faith; up to this time he had been a High Churchman, but from this time he ceased from all [[sacerdotalism]] and became a believer in and a [[preacher]] of the immediate connection of the [[soul]] with, and its direct dependence upon, God's grace in Christ alone.  In this gospel accordingly he went forth and preached in disregard of all mere [[ecclesiastical authority]], riding about from place to place on horseback, and finding wherever he went the people in thousands, in the open air generally, eagerly expectant of his approach, all open-eared to listen to his word.  To the working classes his visits were especially welcome, for it was among them they bore most fruit; “The keynote of his [[ministry]] he himself gave utterance to when he exclaimed, 'Church or no Church, the people must be saved.'”  ''Saved or Lost?'' was the one question, and it is the one question of all genuine [[Methodist]]s to this hour.<ref name="a"/>
-Along with [[William Wilberforce]], Wesley spoke out against slavery.<ref>http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/wilber.stm</ref> Wesley was considered to be an [[Arminianism|Arminian]].<ref>http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/21-25/22-06.htm</ref>
-== See also ==
-*[[Roman Catholicism]]
-*[[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
-*[[Church of England]]
-==Notes==
-{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Methodism]]
-[[Category:Religious People|Wesley, John]]
-[[Category:British History]]
-[[Category:Christian Denominations]]
-[[Category:Revivals]]
-[[Category:Protestantism|*]]
-[[Category:Christian History]]
-[[category:Theologians]]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Wesley, John}}

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