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• Susanna WesleyPeople

  Susanna Wesley (1669–1742) was an Englishwoman and the mother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the leaders of the Methodist movement. Known for the religious instruction of her children and for the prayer meetings she held in the rectory kitchen, she is called the "Mother of Methodism."

• Wesleyan TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Wesleyan theology is a theological tradition rooted in the teachings of John Wesley, who led the eighteenth-century Methodist movement in England. It emphasizes grace extended to all people and a holy life (sanctification). Methodist and Holiness churches, among others, stand within this tradition.

• Charles WesleyPeople

  Charles Wesley (1707–1788) was a priest of the Church of England and a hymn writer. With his elder brother John Wesley, he led the Methodist movement, and he is said to have written more than 6,500 hymns during his lifetime.

• Samuel WesleyPeople

  Samuel Wesley (1662–1735) was a Church of England priest and poet. He served as rector of Epworth for nearly forty years and was the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, leaders of the Methodist movement.

• Aldersgate ExperienceHistory

  The Aldersgate experience was a religious experience of John Wesley on May 24, 1738, when, at a society meeting on Aldersgate Street in London, he felt his "heart strangely warmed." It is commonly called Wesley's conversion and is regarded as the event that launched the Methodist movement.

• Holiness MovementHistory

  The Holiness movement was a religious movement that arose within nineteenth-century American Methodism. Reviving John Wesley's doctrine of "Christian perfection," it taught that believers can attain entire holiness by faith. It became a root of the Holiness churches, the Church of the Nazarene, and the Pentecostal movement.

• Methodist MovementHistory

  The Methodist movement was an eighteenth-century religious revival in England led by the brothers John and Charles Wesley, priests of the Church of England. Today's Methodist churches trace their origins to this movement.

• Christian PerfectionDoctrine & Theology

  Christian perfection is the teaching that believers can attain, in this life, a state of wholly loving God and neighbor. Systematized by John Wesley, it is regarded as a distinctive feature of Methodist and Holiness theology.

• History of Methodism in KoreaHistory

  The history of Methodism in Korea began in 1884, when the American Methodist missionary Robert Maclay received permission from King Gojong to begin mission work. The church then went through the union of its northern and southern Methodist branches, trials under Japanese colonial rule, and division and reunification after liberation before becoming today's Korean Methodist Church.

• History of the Korean Holiness ChurchHistory

  The history of the Korean Holiness Church began in 1907, when Kim Sang-jun and Jeong Bin opened the "Oriental Missionary Society Gospel Mission Hall" in Seoul. The church was forcibly dissolved under Japanese colonial rule, rebuilt after liberation, and divided in 1961, and its history continues to the present day.

• George WhitefieldPeople

  George Whitefield (1714–1770) was a priest of the Church of England and an itinerant preacher. He is regarded as one of the figures who sparked the eighteenth-century Great Awakening through his open-air preaching in Britain and the North American colonies, and he was a leader of Calvinistic Methodism.

• Predestination and Free WillControversies

  Predestination and free will is a debate over whether salvation depends on God's election or on the human response. Calvinism, followed by Presbyterians, and the Arminian-Wesleyan tradition, followed by Methodists, Holiness churches, and Full Gospel churches, explain the question differently.

• 1 John 4:18Bible Verses

  1 John 4:18 is a verse teaching that when God's love is made perfect in the believer, the fear of judgment is removed. It is frequently cited in discussions of the assurance of salvation and in connection with the Wesleyan doctrine of "perfect love."

• JohnPeople

  John was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, the son of Zebedee and the brother of James. He has traditionally been regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation.

• John CalvinPeople

  John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French-born Reformer and theologian who ministered in Geneva, Switzerland. His Institutes of the Christian Religion laid the foundation for Reformed and Presbyterian theology.

• Gospel of JohnBible

  The Gospel of John is the fourth book of the New Testament and the last of the four Gospels. It presents Jesus as the Son of God and the Word made flesh, and it consists of twenty-one chapters.

• John the BaptistPeople

  John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who came before Jesus Christ, calling people to repentance and baptizing in the Jordan River. The New Testament presents him as the one who prepared the way for the Messiah.

• John StottPeople

  John R. W. Stott (1921–2011) was an English Anglican priest, preacher, and author. A leading figure in the worldwide evangelical movement of the twentieth century, he led the drafting of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974.

• John KnoxPeople

  John Knox (c. 1514–1572) was a Scottish reformer. Drawing on the theology of John Calvin, he led the Scottish Reformation and is regarded as having laid the foundations of the Presbyterian Church.