Wesleyan Methodist Church Australia > Christian Churches and World Missions

<body> <p>Welcome to the official website of the:</p> <p><h1>Wesleyan Methodist Church</h1> <h1>Christian Churches and World Missions</h1></p> <p><font size="2" color="#2C5F93">www.wesleyan.org.au</font></p> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <p>To view a text version of our website please click here:  <a href="text.htm">Wesleyan Methodist Church</a>.</p> <table height="468" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="775" border="0"> <tr> <td width="321"><b><font face="Arial" color="#800000" size="2">AUSTRALIAN BEGINNINGS</font></b></td> <td vAlign="top" align="right"> <img height="49" src="http://www.splash.net.au/wesleyan/header/IMAG010.GIF" width="50" align="right" border="0" alt="Wesleyan Methodist Church Australian Christian Churches, Preachers, World Missions and Youth Groups"></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" colSpan="2"> <p align="justify"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1">The Wesleyan Methodist Church owes its origin to the great spiritual awakening of the eighteenth century when God raised up John and Charles Wesley - one a church builder and preacher, the other a preacher and hymn writer.<br> <br> In May 1738 at a room in Aldersgate Street in London, John Wesley "felt his heart strangely warmed" by the assurance of faith for his personal salvation.<br> <br> The Wesleyan revival soon spread from England to America where churches were established, conferences were formed and in a few years, extraordinary growth in spiritual and numerical strength took place. Methodism was first a movement stressing evangelism and a closer walk with God for those in existing churches.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1">During the Second World War many Christians became acutely aware of the great spiritual needs of the Australian people and prayed for an awakening such as that which changed England two centuries before. Under the initial leadership of Rev Kingsley Ridgeway a group of Australians became burdened for ‘spreading scriptural holiness across the land’. In 1947 Kingsley College opened for Theological study.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1" color="#2C5F93"> Learn more about the Wesley Sanctification, World Missions and Australian Christian Churches Australia inside our website.  We also have many Australian Youth Groups and groups that can teach you about Methodism and the Christianity Religion in Australia.  Let us help you discover God and God's Work, Jesus Christ and our own work by participating in one of our many Australian Congregations.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#800000"> EXPANSION</font></b></font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1">The initial growth was slow as the work gradually expanded in the southern states in the immediate post-war period. The period of the early 1970s saw a major change as the Congregational, Presbyterian and Methodist Churches moved toward a merger. Unlike the other two, the Methodist Church did not make any provision for those of its members who, in conscience, could not join the Uniting Church.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1">This meant that a number of dedicated and gifted ministers and laypeople joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church, giving the impetus for the establishment of nucleus groups in various centres across the country. As the transfer growth leveled out, the impetus has been maintained by an increasing proportion of new convert growth. By 1985, the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia increased to 41 churches, including 21 in Queensland. Now we have almost 100 Christian churches spanning five states reaching a variety of people groups.</font><p align="justify"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Topics include Sanctification; World Missions; Australian Christian Churches Australia;  Youth Groups;  Holiness and Christianity Religion; Denominations; Methodism;  Protestant ; disciples;  Jesus Christ Resources;  God and God's work;  Congregations and Christianity Religions.<br> </font><font color="#2C5F93" face="MS Sans Serif" size="1">http://www.wesleyan.org.au</font><p align="center"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> <font color="#2C5F93"> </font><a title="Sanctification" href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/"><font color="#2C5F93">Sanctification</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Wesleyan World Missions"> <font color="#2C5F93"> <a title="Wesleyan World Missions" href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/">World Missions</a></font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Australian Christian Churches"> <font color="#2C5F93">Australian Christian Churche</font></a><a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/"><font color="#2C5F93">s Australia</font></a><font color="#2C5F93"> </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/"><font color="#2C5F93">Australian Youth Groups</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Australian Holiness and Christian Religion"> <font color="#2C5F93">Australian Holiness and Christianity Religion</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Australian Denominations, Methodism"> <font color="#2C5F93">Denominations  Methodism</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Protestant"> <font color="#2C5F93">Protestant</font></a><font color="#2C5F93"> </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Jesus Desciples"> <font color="#2C5F93">:Jesus Disciples</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Jesus Christ Resources"> <font color="#2C5F93">Jesus Christ Resources</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="God and God's Work"> <font color="#2C5F93">God and God's Work</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">  </font> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.org.au/" title="Australian Congregations and Christian Religions"> <font color="#2C5F93">Australian Congregations and Christianity Religions</font></a><font color="#2C5F93">.</font></font><p align="center"> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="773" height="45"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A0AEB6" valign="top" width="773" align="left" height="20"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="732"> <tr> <td align="center" width="91"><font face="Arial" size="1"> <a href="main.htm"><font color="#1A4D81">HOME</font></a></font></td> <td align="center" width="91"><font 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