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| Record Creator: | Wesleyan Methodist Church |
| Title: | Wesleyan Methodist Church Presidents Scrapbook 1744-1900 |
| Title: | Wesleyan Scrapbook |
| Date Span: | 1744-1900 |
| Abstract: | An oversize bound scrapbook which lists in order all the Presidents of the Wesleyan Methodist Church from John Wesley to Thomas Allen. There are a total of eighty-six entries after the death of John Wesley. Each president is represented with a print portrait, birth and death dates and a single sample of their handwriting usually in the form of a letter |
| Extent: | 0.47 cubic feet |
| Resource ID: | drew.rg.2439 |
John Wesley was the original President of the Methodist Conference, but after his death it was agreed that in future, so much authority would not be placed in the hands of one man. Instead, the President would be elected for one year only, to sit in Wesley's chair. Each year at the Methodist Conference, the following year's President (always an ordained presbyter) and Vice-President (always a lay person or deacon) are elected. When lay people were admitted to the Conference in 1878, a lay Vice-President was also elected, and the two now serve in partnership. The President and Vice-President follow Wesley's example in traveling the length and breadth of Great Britain. They preach widely and contribute articles to the Methodist press, often choosing a particular emphasis or theme for their year. They represent Methodism in the wider world.
Taken from the Methodist Church website in 2011.
An oversize bound scrapbook which lists in order all the Presidents of the Wesleyan Methodist Church from John Wesley to Thomas Allen. There are a total of eighty-six entries after the death of John Wesley. Each president is represented with a print portrait, birth and death dates and a single sample of their handwriting usually in the form of a letter.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church Presidents Scrapbook, George Osborn Papers
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| Church history-18th century | ||
| Church history-19th century | ||
| Clergy | ||
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| Great Britain | ||
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| Scrapbooks | ||
| Subject - Personal Names | ||
| Wesley, John | ||
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 2144-4-2: 1 | Scrapbook | 1744-1900 |
