Wesleyan Methodist

American  

noun

1. a member of any of the churches founded on the evangelical principles of John Wesley.

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Etymology

Origin of Wesleyan Methodist

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

One Sunday morning in February, Kenneth P. Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, showed up with some fellow politicians to celebrate the 249th anniversary of the African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2015

Humble Beginnings George Stanley McGovern was born on July 19, 1922, in a parsonage in Avon, S.D., a town of about 600 people where his father, Joseph, was the pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2012

The participants belonged to the 17-year-old Evangelical Theological Society, whose 750 members are divided about equally between mainstream Protestants and adherents of such sects as the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

For years he had objected, chiefly privately, amongst his brethren, clerical and lay, to making attendance at class-meeting a condition of membership in the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada.

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)

In connection with the Army work of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Soldiers' Homes have long played a conspicuous part.

From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by Sellers, William Edward