Its attempts to be a great “big tent” have devolved into a messy schism. American Methodism was formally established in 1784, just after the Revolutionary War. The new denomination grew ...

Gender, emotion, medicine, electricity, ecology, literacy, rhetoric—these terms are a little thin in the indices of the standard books on John Wesley and the history of Methodism. More typical ...

Evangelicals in American United Methodism were for decades often scorned by church elites. With Africa’s rise, long predominant American liberals have now become the minority. The church’s ...

Traditionalists, Anglo-Catholics and some evangelicals within the Church of England are vehemently opposed to Methodism because of the leadership roles that women hold in the latter ...

Newly-published letters from the founder of Methodism Charles Wesley have revealed he struggled with his wife Sally's extravagance which was effectively subsidised by his church. The private ...

Paul, and probably the best-documented in modern times, was that of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. To a recent Roman Catholic student of Wesley, Rev. Maximin Piette, thisconversion was “a ...

Sam Brownback The New Room in Bristol is Methodism's oldest chapel, built by John Wesley in 1739. Bob Walker reports after an 18-month, multi-million pound renovation that includes a new stained ...