John Wesley's Beliefs

“To spread scriptural holiness across the land” was considered to be one of the missions of the Methodist movement. Wesley was quick to point out that the mission to spread holiness across the land “was not intended simply to promote an individualistic type of piety.” Wesley had strong convections that to love God also was to love your neighbor. He also felt the entire world was his parish. Wesley informed “Bishop Butler that he had an indeterminate commission to preach the Word of God throughout the land.” Wesley wanted to preach to anyone who would listen. He didn’t limit his boundaries. John was preaching “three times a day” in Wales when he went on a five-day tour to preach. In these sermons, Wesley was preaching to “describe the way of salvation.” Methodism was spreading and gaining popularity. Wesley’s “itinerancy was
Some people were beginning to feel that the revival was slowing down in terms of growth. The Oxford societies were experiencing trouble in the summer of 1741. Even though John was experiencing challenges with the Moravians over “the means ordained by God to bring people to salvation” he continued to stay true to his personal beliefs. As the movement grew stronger, John realized they needed to have consistency among the teachings and preaching. As a result, John gathered several ordained pastors together, who in turn decided to bring some lay pastors as they established the first conference of the movement. As the number of followers began to grow, the “structure of the movement became more elaborate.” As rules were established there began to be consistent teachings throughout the revival. General Rules were formatted and they offered the ability to strength and reform the lives of the followers in not only their personal life and in the life of the church and the institutions. The use of the printing press helped in this area as