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John Wesley founded Methodism. A prolific writer, he printed several volumes of his sermons during his lifetime. The published sermons either were rewritten from ones that he had preached or were written specifically for print.
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We’ve all heard the names John and Charles Wesley, but there are a lot of other important names in the history of Methodism you may not know.
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