This Bible looks like it has been through a fire. It probably has. Its leather cover is cracked and deteriorated. The edges are badly damaged. Parts of it are visibly singed. Yet more than three centuries after it was printed, the Bible still survives. Known today as...

While visiting the Museum of Methodism in London this summer, I came across this well-worn concertina. It belonged to Rodney “Gipsy” Smith (1860–1947), one of the most remarkable Methodist evangelists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Smith was...

While Kalena and I were making our way to Wesley’s Chapel in London this summer, we came across this plaque marking the location of a place I had read about many times: the Foundery. The original building is gone, but about forty yards from this marker once stood what...

#WesleyanHeritage | At the Grave of Charles Wesley During my time in England this summer, one of the places I especially wanted to visit was the grave of Charles Wesley. Tucked away today in the Old Church Garden along Marylebone High Street in London stands this...

While traveling through England this summer, Kalena and I made a stop at the old Newman Brothers Coffin Works on Fleet Street in Birmingham. At first glance, a Victorian coffin-fittings factory might seem like an unusual stop for someone interested in Wesleyan...

While visiting the Museum of Methodism in London this summer, I stopped to photograph this faded document hanging behind glass. At first glance, it looks like little more than an old chart filled with names, dates, and preaching places. But the description beside it...

While visiting Wesley’s Chapel and the Museum of Methodism in London this summer, I came across something that immediately caught my attention: a worn pair of leather saddlebags that belonged to John Nelson (1707–1774), one of the most remarkable lay preachers of the...

Standing before this pulpit in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford is standing at one of the significant places in Wesleyan history. From this pulpit, John Wesley preached to the University of Oxford. Here he delivered Salvation by Faith in 1738, The...

One of the unexpected blessings of researching early Florida Methodism has been discovering not only the stories of the circuit riders, but also those who quietly served alongside them. History has preserved much about John Slade’s ministry, yet it says comparatively...

As I’ve continued researching the early days of Florida Methodism, I’ve become increasingly convinced that history is often shaped by people whose names are largely forgotten. We tend to remember the circuit riders like John J. Triggs and John Slade, and rightly so....