Adam Clarke died in the cholera epidemic of 1832, two months after the Great Reform Bill became law. Forty years previously, he sympathised with the French Revolution. Yet he was on familiar terms with senior politicians and leading figures, nobility ...
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MHSI Conference Lecture
This presentation will look at stamps issued by post offices across the world to celebrate Methodism and its history. It will also look at envelopes and postmarks created by philatelists to mark significant events or people in Methodist history. ...
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Kevin Miller (Belfast School of Art—Ulster University) Friday, 20 October 2023 at 7.30 pm Agape Centre, Belfast South Methodist Church and online Ulster’s profound relationship with evangelical religion has resulted in a network of interdenominational and nondenominational religious halls. From ...
Read More »MHSI Pilgrimage 2024 – Visit to Larne Circuit
Larne is among the most historic centres in Irish Methodism—the first society was formed in the town about 1756 and Wesley visited in 1758, 1760 and finally in 1771. The pilgrimage will visit four locations on the circuit where Methodism ...
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Prof. Randy L. Maddox Online virtual Zoom lecture Friday, 18 October 2024, 7.30pm One of the distinctive (and controversial) features of the Wesleyan revival was John Wesley’s embrace and oversight of a large body of lay-preachers. This sometimes obscures Wesley’s ...
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