John Wesley, at a meeting in Aldersgate Street, feels his heart 'strangely warmed'; the Methodist revival within the Church of England follows.
Tagged: Revival Anglican Christian Methodist and Wesleyan
The Event
- Date
- 1738 (exact)
- Also called
- Wesley's conversion, Aldersgate
- Era
- Modern; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- London
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Methodist and Wesleyan, Anglican
- Key figures
- John Wesley, Charles Wesley
- Key texts
- Wesley's Journal
Connections
- Luther's Ninety-Five Theses; drew_on
Primary Sources
- John Wesley, Journal (24 May 1738)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0039; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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