The World His Parish

He Rode 250,000 Miles, Preached 40,000 Sermons, and Set a Continent on Fire — This Is the Story That Started It All. A heart strangely warmed on Aldersgate Street. Open fields filled with weeping coal miners. Societies of ordinary believers holding one another accountable in ways that changed lives and nations. John Wesley was not supposed to be a revolutionary — he was an Oxford don, a precise Anglican priest, a man of rules and routines. And yet the fire that fell on him would not stay still, and neither would he. The World His Parish brings Wesley's extraordinary life into vivid, immediate focus — from his near-death rescue as a child from a burning rectory, to his complex relationships, his fierce theological battles, and the sprawling Methodist movement he built almost entirely from horseback. This is biography written for the heart as much as the mind, for readers who already carry a piece of Wesley's legacy and want to understand the man who handed it to them. What You Will Discover Inside: The Aldersgate moment in full context — what led Wesley there, what happened, and why it changed everything that followed Wesley's disciplined inner life — the Holy Club, the method behind Methodism, and the spiritual practices that sustained decades of relentless labor The Great Revival on both sides of the Atlantic — how Wesley, Whitefield, and a generation of preachers ignited one of history's most powerful spiritual awakenings The open-air revolution — why preaching in fields and market squares was scandalous, costly, and unstoppable Wesley's theology of grace — prevenient grace, entire sanctification, and the Wesleyan-Arminian vision that still shapes millions of believers today The class meeting and band society system — how small-group accountability became the engine o

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