www.umc.org – John Wesley believed that Methodists, and all Christians should reaffirm their covenant with God annually, so he created a service in which an individual renews his/her covenant with God. In 1755 Wesley held his first covenant service using words written earlier by Richard Alleine. Wesley published this service in...

The Methodist Church Ghana came into existence as a result of the missionary activities of the Wesleyan Methodist Church which was inaugurated with the arrival of the Rev’d Joseph Rhodes Dunwell in January, 1835, in the Gold Coast (Ghana). Like the mother Church, the Methodist Church in Ghana was established...

By Courtney Aldrich They escorted Abraham Lincoln’s body to his burial in Illinois. They served lemonade to guests at the White House in an age of temperance. They had roles in inaugurations and extended spiritual advice to presidents on justice issues, ranging from slavery to war. United Methodists have a...

The Methodist Church was founded through the activities of the Rev’d John Wesley. John Wesley was an ordained Anglican Clergyman.  He had a conversion experience on the 24th of May 1738. at a revival meeting at Aldersgate Street in London, after which he began to form societies out of the...