HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Wesleyan Church, Jacobus Arminius, Schleitheim Confession
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In present day, there are many different baptist churches who have varying beliefs: King james only > niv, rvs, king james. The methodists movement began in 1729 at oxford university in england under the leadership of john wesley, charles wesley, and george whitefield. John wesley and george whitefield became strong in the evangelist movement as they spread the gospel among the masses. Today, a vast majority of methodist are armenian but there are some who are calvinist. In 1843, some members of the methodist church broke away from the church and formed the. Wesleyan church since the methodist church would not speak out against slavery. The wesleyan church also was a leader in the movement for women"s rights and ordaining women as ministers. They were seen as radical reformists since they desired a lot more changes on how churches and christians functioned in society.
