Wesleyan Methodist

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noun

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

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of Wesleyan Methodist

First recorded in 1790–1800

I spoke first with Scott Ellman, a student at Wesleyan University and now the Huffington Post editor-at-large for his campus.
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That side is volunteering extensively in his hometown of Flint, and recently, pastoring Charity United Methodist Church.
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Julie Tucker-Trainum was a Methodist minister but eventually left the church when she came out.
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The new copy-reader here mentioned was C.C. Foss, a cherubic little fellow who was also a Methodist preacher.
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But the Oreo cookies in the photograph were actually sent by Operation Oreo, a project of Alpharetta Methodist Church in Georgia.
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The old Wesleyan chapel, in Martin Street, was fitted up for schools in 1865.
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John N. Maffit, the well known and eccentric methodist preacher, died at Mobile.
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He was an apprentice to a wig and curl maker, when Whitefield attracted his attention, and he became a methodist preacher.
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Sara Lee straightened and looked out where between the white curtains the spire of the Methodist Church marked the east.
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The women of the Methodist Church, finding a real field of activity, stood behind her solidly.
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