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It occurred in Epworth, England. Son of Samuel Wesley, a minister of the Church of England, and Susannah Wesley
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This deeply affected him and he later spoke of as him being a “brand plucked from the burning”.
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It was a boarding school where he displayed a healthy lifestyle.
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He graduated with a Masters in Theology and was ordained a deacon there.
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He returned home to his family to minister to others.
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His brother Charles eventually wrote many hymns.
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He was lampooned by other Christians for his beliefs from the time that he started the Methodist movement to when he died.
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James Oglethorpe asked him to come to strengthen the spiritual lives of the colonists and to convert the Native Americans, but he returned because his mission failed and he was indicted for the violation of church laws.
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He had different views than the church in Georgia. He was more legalistic and he performed communion differently.
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It changed his theology and caused him to start evangelizing.He saw that it was salvation through Christ alone that makes a person saved.
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The first one ws established in Bristol, England.
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It became so large that he had to write sermons down for others to teach because there were so many chruches throughout England.
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This marriage was very rocky, in large part to her reading some of John’s letters to his “dear sisters”, which she misinterpreted.
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He wanted more people to be exposed to what he believed was the truth.
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He died in London at the age of eighty-eight. He was said to have been singing hymns until he died.