The Origin of the Wesleyan Movement
The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia is part of a world-wide evangelical denomination with ministries in U.S.A., Britain, Canada and Australia as well as thirty other countries. In a very real sense the church owes its origin to the great spiritual awakening of the 18th century when God raised up John and Charles Wesley, one a church builder and preacher, the other a preacher and hymn writer. John Wesley (1703-1791) was an ordained minister of the Church of England, a graduate of Oxford University and an earnest seeker after inward holiness of heart. In May 1738 at a room in Aldersgate Street in London, he "felt his heart strangely warmed" by the assurance of faith for his personal salvation. As a result of the personal conversion of John and Charles Wesley, their quickened lives and preaching was a most significant factor in the commencement of the mighty 18th Century spiritual awakening in England. The Wesleyan revival soon spread from England to Amer-ica where churches were established, conferences were formed and in a few years extraordinary growth in spiritual and numerical strength took place.
(Page 23 of the Handbook of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia)
The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia is part of a world-wide evangelical denomination with ministries in U.S.A., Britain, Canada and Australia as well as thirty other countries. In a very real sense the church owes its origin to the great spiritual awakening of the 18th century when God raised up John and Charles Wesley, one a church builder and preacher, the other a preacher and hymn writer. John Wesley (1703-1791) was an ordained minister of the Church of England, a graduate of Oxford University and an earnest seeker after inward holiness of heart. In May 1738 at a room in Aldersgate Street in London, he "felt his heart strangely warmed" by the assurance of faith for his personal salvation. As a result of the personal conversion of John and Charles Wesley, their quickened lives and preaching was a most significant factor in the commencement of the mighty 18th Century spiritual awakening in England. The Wesleyan revival soon spread from England to Amer-ica where churches were established, conferences were formed and in a few years extraordinary growth in spiritual and numerical strength took place.
(Page 23 of the Handbook of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia)
