METHODIST CHURCH
JOHN WESLEY 81-CENTENARY BIG INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP FROM 70,000 TO J2,000,000* 'Received May 23. il a.m.) LONDON, May 22 Special services were held in connection with the Wesley bi-erntenary. Dr. Robert. Bond, president of the Methodist Conference, preach'ni at Leamington, expressed Ihe opiirmi that John Wesley would he surprised if lie returned to find the universal esteem in which lie is held. His own generation regarded him as a fanatie. The membership of the Metphdist Church when Wesley d'ed was 76.000. with 300 preachers. Now the membership is 12.000.000. the ministers 57.000. local preachers 80.000. Sunday School scholars 2.000,000. and churches 100.000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20505, 23 May 1938, Page 7
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104METHODIST CHURCH Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20505, 23 May 1938, Page 7
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