Methodist Breakthrough in Bristol– Part Three

Methodist Breakthrough in Bristol– Part Three 2026-10-08T12:40:52-04:00 Ben Witherington There is so much information stored in the New Room in Bristol that one can spend days there. But here’s some of the more pertinent and interesting bits. A drawing of John Wesley at his mother’s grave in London… This was a hard decision for Wesley not only because he was a member of the National Church but also because he was a royalist, which is to say he supported the monarchy in general. Reading about these founding Methodists should humble us all, to be prepared to make more sacrifices for Christ. I was once traveling to my annual conference ground at Lake Junaluska in the mountains of N.C. and there had been a rock slide which closed the northbound lanes of 1-40 out of Tennessee. We were diverted onto a very narrow B road pass a power station and then over hill and dale through the mountains. Along the way I saw a couple of signs, that stopped me in my tracks. They told how this very pathway was the way Francis Asbury crossed the mountains into Tennessee, stayed in a local house, and then was on to Kentucky. I was following in his footsteps, only in reverse. Francis Asbury started a small ...