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A history of the New Room and of Methodism in Bristol and Kingswood in the time of John and Charles Wesley and the subsequent history of the building.The first full-scale history of the New Room, Bristol - the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world. It was built by John Wesley in 1739 and is the cradle of Methodism.

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Author:   Gary M. Best
Publisher:   Tangent Books
Imprint:   New Room Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 6.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   2.000kg
ISBN:  

9781910089606

ISBN 10:   1910089605
Pages:   768
Publication Date:   01 June 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue: The Wesleys and Whitefield 1. BRISTOL BEGINNINGS 1739 2. THE CRADLE OF METHODISM 1739-1740 3. JOHN CENNICK 1740 4. WESLEYAN VERSUS CALVINIST 1741-1742 5. SARAH PERRIN 1742-44 6. ONE OF THREE KEY CENTRES 1745-1748 7. JOHN JONES AND SALLY GWYNNE 1748-1749 8. DIVISION BETWEEN BROTHERS 1749-52 9. DIVERGING PATHS 1753-1756 10. SARAH RYAN AND JAMES ROUQUET 1757-1760 11. THOMAS MAXFIELD AND JOSEPH BENSON 1761-176612. THE YEARS OF THE PUBLIC PEACE UNION 1766-177013. THOMAS WEBB AND FRANCIS ASBURY 1771-1774 14. A STAND AGAINST SLAVERY 1774-1776 15. THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1776- 1781 16. ORDAINING THE LAY PREACHERS 1781-1786 17. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SLAVE TRADE 1787-1788 18. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION 1789-1808 19. A CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPEL 1808-1928 20. THE RESTORATION OF THE NEW ROOM 1929 21. THE STATUES AND THE HOUSE 1930-1939 22. WORLD WAR II AND ITS AFTERMATH 1939-1968 23. A DEVELOPING HERITAGE CENTRE 1969-2000 24. A VISION FOR THE FUTURE 2000-2017

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G. M. Best is a leading Methodist historian and Warden of the New Room.

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