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Methodism: Century England
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Methodism experienced a separation in the first half on the 19th century, and this allowed the break away churches to make more use of women. Their innovation, which helped to expand to new areas, was put to great use. In 1838 the women's auxiliaries of the general society were born. In 1869 the first local preacher's license was given to a female and a few followed. In 1870 Boston University had both women students and faculty. Three years later Anna Oliver became the first woman to enroll in theology school.
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Methodism ... refers to ‘the theological emphasis and moral self-discipline which developed in Methodist bodies and in Wales especially, among the Calvinistic Methodists’ (“Methodism”). Calvinistic Methodists in Wales broke away from the Church of England in 1811 basing their theology on ‘the sovereignty of God and his grace in Christ and the election of the saints’ (“Methodism”). Methodism is now established as the Presbyterian Church of Wales or Yr Hen Gorff and the sect has succeeded particularly in the north of Wales, where as Independency and Baptism has dominated the south. Writers of Wales inspired by Methodism include William Williams, Ann Griffiths, Lewis Edwards, Islwyn, Daniel Owen, Robert Ambrose Jones, Gwenallt and Kate Roberts.
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Methodism originated in the 1730s as a movement within the Church of England. The early Methodists attended the local Anglican Church for formal worship and held meetings of their own in private houses for prayer and fellowship. Within a few years in the larger towns and cities, buildings were being acquired for dedicated use as a chapel or `Preaching House'. The first was opened at the New Room in Bristol in 1739.
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Traditionally, Methodism proved particularly popular in Wales and Cornwall, both regions noted for their non-conformism and distrust of the Church of England. It was ... very strong in the old mill towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire, where the Methodists stressed that the working-classes were equal to the upper-classes in the eyes of God.
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In England a number of Methodist bodies splintered from the main Methodism movement. The Ecumenical Methodist Conferences formalized a renewed conciliar spirit. From 1907 to 1933 various groups united to become part of the Methodist Church. On July 8, 1969, a plan calling for merger of the Methodist and Anglican communions faced defeat at the hands of the Anglican Convocations where the concept of historic episcopacy as an office and not an order proved unacceptable. In Canada the Methodist Church of Canada joined with the Presbyterian Church and selected Union Churches together with the Congregational Churches to form the United Church of Canada.
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Methodism, spread by the circuit rider and the revival meeting, advanced westward with the frontier. During the early 19th century, the tolerant doctrinal positions of Methodism and its stress on personal religious experience, universal salvation, and practical ethics gave it a major role in religious awakening and attracted converts in large numbers.
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