Going Backstage: What Makes Us Methodist
Week 2 | What is Our Methodist Heritage? Why does our Methodist history matter? •
D____________________________________________ our I_____________________________________________
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S____________________________________________ our F____________________________________________
Wesley Timeline: •
1703: J__________________________________ W__________________________________ born
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1707: C__________________________________ W__________________________________ born
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1725: John Wesley ordination in Anglican Church
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1726: John Wesley selected as fellow for Lincoln College – Charles Welsey matriculated at Christ Church
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1729: Started r__________________________ s__________________________ in O__________________________
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1735: John Wesley encounters Moravian Christians
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1736: Wesley brothers arrive in Georgia for missionary work
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May 24, 1738: A __________________________________
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1739: Formation of London societies
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1743: Published General Rules of Societies – A__________________________ E__________________________ of A__________________________ K________________________________ – D__________________________ G__________________________ of A__________________________ K________________________________ – A__________________________ U__________________________ the O__________________________ of G__________________________
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1740s: John Wesley traveling and preaching
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1748: First A__________________________ C__________________________
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1760s: John Wesley allows women to travel and preach
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1788: Charles Wesley dies
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1791: John Wesley dies
American Methodist Timeline: •
1745: F__________________________________ A__________________________________ born
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1747: T___________________________________ C__________________________________ born
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1760: Methodist Colonists arrive in America
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1784: A_________________________________ and C_________________________________ appointed Bishops in America
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1784: C__________________________________ C__________________________________ – Formation of M__________________________ E__________________________ C________________________________
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1844: Methodists North and South split
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1939: Organization of the M_________________________________ and C_________________________________ – Reuniting of Methodists North and South and Methodist Protestant Church
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1968: Formation of the U__________________________ M__________________________ C________________________________ – Uniting of the Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church
Characteristics of the Methodist Movement •
S___________________________ and P__________________________ H__________________________
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C__________________________
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H__________________________ S__________________________ F__________________________
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E___________________________ is W__________________________
Notes