Forged in Steel, Called to Holiness The Life and Legacy of Rev. Louis W. King and the Clinton Camp Movement Chapter 1: A Steelworker Called by God In the final decades of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was a city shaped by fire. Day and night, the furnaces glowed...
Over the past several years, I have found myself drawn deeper into the story of early Florida Methodism. The more I read, the more I appreciate that the movement was built, not by famous men seeking recognition, but by faithful servants who simply answered God's call....
A few weeks ago, I introduced you to John J. Triggs, one of the earliest Methodist missionaries assigned to the Florida frontier. Triggs helped open the door for Methodism in a land of swamps, forests, scattered settlements, and endless miles of wilderness. But God...
One of the most meaningful stops on our trip to Oxford was a visit to Oxford Castle, the site of the prison where members of the Holy Club, including John and Charles Wesley, regularly ministered to inmates in the 1730s. Standing near those ancient walls with Kalena,...
I have long loved Methodist history. Over the years, I have spent a great deal of time reading about the early Methodist movement, but most of what I read and studied took place in the northeast. In recent years, I have spent a great deal of time reading about early...
The Christmas Conference convened on December 24, 1784, and continued through January 2, 1785. Approximately sixty preachers attended. They came from circuits scattered across the young nation, many traveling long distances on horseback. These were not polished preachers. They were circuit riders, revivalists, and pastors shaped by hardship, discipline, and devotion.