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Methodist History Bookmarks (1703 - present)   Try any or all these links to get a good historical framework of Methodism from its earliest times in John Wesley's England to present day United Methodism in the United States.   If you know of a link that should be on this page, please write the webmaster

 

EARLY YEARS IN ENGLAND

• John Wesley and Oxford, The historic University city where John Wesley first started the Methodist movement.
• Biography of John Wesley
• The Old Rectory, Epworth; Birthplace of John and Charles Wesley
• John Wesley's Chapel and Museum of Methodism, City Road, London
• Kingswood School
• History of Yarm Methodist Chapel : The world's oldest octagonal church in continuous use
  
• Christian History of Stoke-on-Trent: The Methodist Revivals
• A Chronology: British Religion and Philosophy in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
• Methodism, a brief general overview of early history
• Britain's Methodist Heritage
• Triumphs of early Methodism were won in the Black Country
• Centres of Methodism
  • Sheffield
    • Places of interest in the Sheffield area with Wesley
    • Paradise Square.
    • Sheffield Cathedral
    • Victoria Hall Methodist Mission
    • Carver Street Methodist Church.
  • Stoke-on-Trent
    • Mow Cop
  • The Black Country
    • Asbury Cottage Great Barr, West Bromwich.
    • Oak House West Bromwich.
  • Dover and Canterbury
  • South Humberside
  • Kirklees and Calderdale
• Museum of Cornish Methodism, Redruth
• A great list of resources on The Wesleys and Their Times
• John Wesley's Preachers Historical overview of 18th- to 19th-century Methodist preachers in Britain and the New World, Photos of the preachers and their letters are combined with brief accounts of their lives and careers.
• People of Wesley's Day, A Quiz
• Women and Wesley's Times
• British Methodism and the Poor 1739-1999 an online exhibition
• Methodist Heritage, Wesley Footsteps & Britain's Best (commercial tour)
• Charles Wesley's Home, Here the great hymnwriter of the evangelical Awakening wrote many of his 7,000 hymns
• John Wesley's Chapel, Visit the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world (1739), the cradle of Methodism
  • History
  • The Chapel
  • Charles Wesley Room
  • John Wesley Room
  • Francis Asbury Room
  • The Common Room
  • The Courtyards
    
    

  EARLY YEARS IN AMERICA

• Early American Methodist History
• Barratt's Chapel and Museum "The Cradle of American Methodism." Basic historical information on this "oldest surviving church building in the United States built by and for Methodists." Includes a guide to doing research at the museum through its local church records, annual conference records, personal papers, works on Methodist history and theology, hymnals, and Sunday school literature.
• Francis Asbury, the Founding Father of American Methodism
• Historic St George's Church and Methodist Museum, Philadelphia
• Methodist Museum - Epworth by the Sea, Georgia
• Old Otterbein Church is the mother church of the United Brethren in Christ in America and oldest church standing in Baltimore, MD. It is now a United Methodist Church
• Robert Strawbridge house near New Windsor, Maryland
• Cokesbury College in Abingdon, Maryland
• Lovely Lane Meetinghouse Site, Baltimore, Maryland
• A List of Methodist Heritage Landmarks throughout the United States
  

  HISTORIAL OVERVIEWS
  

• A History Of The Methodist Episcopal Church: By Nathan Bangs, D.D In Two Volumes (Later Expanded To Four Volumes -- DVM) Vol I - IV 1766 - 1840. 3rd ed, revised and corrected. (a real classic!)
• 200 Years of United Methodism: An Illustrated History: (this is a must read!)
  • Gallery of Photographs
  • The Four Tides of United Methodism
  • The Tide of Pietism, 1766 - 1783
  • The Tide of Nationalism, 1784 - 1860
  • A Tidal Wave: The Civil War, 1861 - 1865
  • The Tide of Idealism, 1866 - 1918
  • The Tide of Pluralism, 1919 - 1984
• Get a quick overview with this Timeline Graphic
• A Brief Timeline of The United Methodist Church and the American Heritage, an excellent resource for noting the cultural and political context within which Methodism takes its shape.
• Bibliography of United Methodist History
• A Wesley Bibliography, compiled by Kenneth J. Collins of the Wesley Center for Applied Theology at Northwest Nazarene College
• Wesley Bibliography on the Asbury Theological Seminary site
• "Official" History as recorded in the Book of Discipline
  • Roots, 1736-1816
  • The Churches Grow, 1817-1843
  • The Slavery Question and Civil War, 1844-1865
  • Reconstruction, Prosperity, and New Issues,1866-1913
  • World War and More Change, 1914-1939
  • Movement Toward Union, 1940-1967
  • Developments and Changes Since 1968
• FREE Graphics of historical events and people
• Scroll down this list of Methodist history resources for files to download via FTP
• Use these two search engines to find references to Wesley on Official United Methodist websites

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