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Birth
It occurred in Epworth, England. Son of Samuel Wesley, a minister of the Church of England, and Susannah Wesley -
He was saved from a burning rectory.
This deeply affected him and he later spoke of as him being a “brand plucked from the burning”. -
He was sent to the Charterhouse School.
It was a boarding school where he displayed a healthy lifestyle. -
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He attended Christ's Church College.
He graduated with a Masters in Theology and was ordained a deacon there. -
He returned home.
He returned home to his family to minister to others. -
He formally formed the Methodist Movement, along with his brother Charles (no specific date).
His brother Charles eventually wrote many hymns. -
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He was harshly criticized by others.
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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He went to Georgia.
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. -
He was indicted for alleged violations of church law.
He had different views than the church in Georgia. He was more legalistic and he performed communion differently. -
He received a revelation about Christianity.
It changed his theology and caused him to start evangelizing.He saw that it was salvation through Christ alone that makes a person saved. -
He started to provide churches and chapels for the like-minded men and women in his area.
The first one ws established in Bristol, England. -
The Methodist movement started to grow in England.
It became so large that he had to write sermons down for others to teach because there were so many chruches throughout England. -
He married Mary Vazeille.
This marriage was very rocky, in large part to her reading some of John’s letters to his “dear sisters”, which she misinterpreted. -
He started publishing The Armenian Magazine.
He wanted more people to be exposed to what he believed was the truth. -
He died of an unknown illness.
He died in London at the age of eighty-eight. He was said to have been singing hymns until he died.