Wesleyans
John's Methodist heirs
Wesleyans are followers of John Wesley, the 18th-century English clergyman who founded Methodism.
The term encompasses members of Methodist churches and related denominations that trace their theology to Wesley's teachings on personal holiness, salvation by grace, and social justice.
The Wesleyans built a chapel on the edge of town.
Wesleyan also functions as an adjective: Wesleyan theology, Wesleyan tradition.
Making someone or something sacred
- prevenient graceDivine help before conversion
- justificationReason proving rightness
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
salvation · faith · repentance · atonement · redemption · free will · perfection · assurance
Wesley's Protestant movement
- circuit riderClergy serving scattered communities
- class meetingScheduled student group gathering
- love feastRitual meal expressing fellowship
- itinerancyHabitual movement between places
quadrilateral · hymnody · open table · camp meeting · George Whitefield · prevenient grace · warm heart
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- prayerfulnessInclination toward sacred communion
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
meditation · fasting · scripture reading · small groups · accountability · self-examination
Formal discontinuation of practice
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prison reformEfforts to improve incarceration
- social gospelProtestant reform movement addressing inequality
- poverty reliefEfforts to reduce destitution
education reform · Sunday school · antislavery · William Wilberforce · orphanages · hospitals · outreach · community service
Wesleyan Protestant denomination
- NazarenePerson from Jesus's town
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
laity · bishop · conference · synod · district · pastoral · liturgy · sacramental
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- prevenient graceDivine help before conversion
- justificationReason proving rightness
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
grace · salvation · faith · repentance · atonement · redemption · free will · perfection · assurance · regeneration
Methodism
Wesley's Protestant movement
- circuit riderClergy serving scattered communities
- class meetingScheduled student group gathering
- love feastRitual meal expressing fellowship
itinerancy · quadrilateral · hymnody · open table · camp meeting · George Whitefield · prevenient grace · warm heart
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- prayerfulnessInclination toward sacred communion
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
discipline · meditation · fasting · scripture reading · small groups · accountability · self-examination
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prison reformEfforts to improve incarceration
- social gospelProtestant reform movement addressing inequality
poverty relief · education reform · Sunday school · antislavery · William Wilberforce · orphanages · hospitals · outreach · community service · soup kitchens
United Methodist
Wesleyan Protestant denomination
- NazarenePerson from Jesus's town
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
clergy · laity · bishop · conference · synod · district · pastoral · liturgy · sacramental · Protestant
WesleyansAnglo-Catholics
Liturgical Anglican movement
Lutherans · Eastern Orthodox · Roman Catholics · Catholics · Episcopalians