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John Wesley

Cleric and theologian who founded the Methodist movement

Did you know?He was a prolific traveller who is estimated to have covered more than 250,000 miles on horseback to preach throughout Britain.

John Wesley (28 June 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the ongoing independent Methodist movement.

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