Midterm Dates Flashcards
June 1703
John Wesley was born
May 24, 1738
John Wesley had heart-warming experience.
Felt the full assurance of God for which he longed
The reading was Luther’s preface to Romans
This was after his brothers and others in the Methodist movement had experiences of assurance
March 1729
CW gathered the group that become the “Holy Club”
October 14, 1735
John Wesley sailed for Georgia
December 22, 1737
John Wesley left Georgia
Left to avoid legal problem regarding Sophie Hopkins
Therefore, left as failure
April 2, 1739
Wesley preached outdoors for the 1st time
Bristol, England
Preached from Luke 4
After 6 yrs stopped small group development
Realized that he was creating a “rope of sand”
February 9, 1709
Epworth fire
JW pulled from the fire by a human ladder
“brand plucked from the flames”
June 1744
1st Annual Conference
Focused on 3 issues:
- What to teach
- How to teach
- What to do
March 2, 1791
JW died
Last words were a fitting benediction:
“Best of all, God is with us.”
His long search for the assurance of faith, was fulfilled in an awareness of God’s presence.
