TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lenton,John
TI  - John Wesley's preachers: a social and statistical analysis of the British and Irish preachers who entered the Methodist itinerancy before 1791 
T2  - Studies in Evangelical history and thought
SN  - 9781842276259 (pbk.)
AV  - BX8276 .L46 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Milton Keynes, Colorado Springs, CO
PB  - Paternoster
KW  - Wesley, John,
KW  - Methodist Church (Great Britain)
KW  - Clergy
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Methodist Church in Ireland
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-483) and index; Introduction -- Definitions -- Origins -- Education -- Probation -- Marriage -- Family -- Circuits -- Conference -- Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands --Ireland -- America to 1778 --  America from 1778 -- Missionaries -- Why did men leave? -- Numbers and destinations of leavers -- Preachers returning to the itinerancy -- Ordination -- Retirement -- Death -- Conclusion
ER  -