{"title":"Methodist","description":"\u003cp\u003eMethodist books concentrate on the distinct history, beliefs, and practices of Methodism within the broader context of Christianity. This subject includes works that explain the origins of Methodism, highlight its theological convictions, and describe key figures who shaped the Methodist movement. Readers will encounter explorations of worship, doctrine, social involvement, and the unique approaches Methodists have brought to Christian life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo narrow your focus, you might concentrate on topics such as Methodist liturgy, the role of Methodism in social reform, or biographies of influential leaders. 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This study examines this assumption and, after a closer look, reveals John Wesley's reluctance to send missionaries overseas. The book uncovers several examples of Wesley's rejection of world missions and occasions when he thwarted plans. Wesley undermined the efforts of Thomas Coke, the Father of Methodist Missions, who wrote an appeal to send missionaries abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Wesley and the Origins of Methodist Missions reveals that it was unheralded lay people, ordinary immigrants, merchants, planters, soldiers, enslaved persons, and former slaves, who carried Methodism with them to such far-off places at Antigua, Maryland, New York, Gibraltar, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone. Persons such as Nathaniel Gilbert, Sophia Campbell, Mary Alley, and Bessie started a multiracial Methodist Society in Antigua-the first outside of Europe. These lay people, and several others, were not officially commissioned or authorized by Wesley to plant Methodist societies. Rather they traveled on their own, motivated by the love of God and neighbor, to share their faith with others. It was only after these Methodist societies were established, and after multiple appeals, that John Wesley and the British Conference conceded to send missionaries to assist. John Wesley was not anti-mission. He was very missional in his context in England and his message of God's grace was at the heart of the Methodist movement. Yet he was cautious and reluctant to send missionaries overseas. 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