Elective course

John Wesley and the History of Methodism

Interim elective written from within the Methodist, Wesleyan and Nazarene tradition.

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About the course

• Author: Dr. Wayne Cook
• Languages: English, Spanish, and French.
• Units: 10
• Counts toward: Certificate of Ministry; Associate of Divinity; Master of Theology (Th.M.); Master of Divinity (M.Div.). These are internal ministry recognitions, not official degrees.
• Textbook: The Journal of John Wesley, 1735–1740 (selections)
• Required readings: John Wesley and the History of Methodism: Required Readings

Units

1. 1. Unit 1 - Who Are the People Called Methodists?
2. 2. Unit 2 - Epworth and Oxford: The Wesley Family and the Holy Club
3. 3. Unit 3 - Georgia, the Moravians, and Aldersgate (1738)
4. 4. Unit 4 - Field Preaching, Societies, Classes and Bands: Wesley's Method
5. 5. Unit 5 - Charles Wesley, Whitefield, and the Calvinist-Arminian Controversy
6. 6. Unit 6 - American Methodism: Asbury, the Circuit Riders, and the Christmas Conference (1784)
7. 7. Unit 7 - The Holiness Movement: Phoebe Palmer, Camp Meetings, and the New Holiness Churches
8. 8. Unit 8 - African American Methodism and Methodism in Latin America and Africa
9. 9. Unit 9 - Division and Renewal in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
10. 10. Unit 10 - The Wesleyan Family Today and Its Future