Open-air preaching
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Open-air preaching, street preaching, or public preaching is the act of evangelizing a religious faith in public places. It is an ancient method of proselytizing a religious or social message and has
Street preacher in Los Angeles, California, 1972
A representative painting of Jesus Christ delivering the open-air Sermon on the Mount
Methodist preachers were known for promulgating the doctrines of the new birth and entire sanctification to the public at events such as tent revivals and camp meetings, which they believe is the reason that God raised them up into existence.
A street preacher in Germany, 2022
John Wesley
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John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the domi
Open-air preaching
…the latter because, for one reason, it could reach eccentric people living in cities who would not otherwise hear the gospel. Early Methodist preachers John Wesley and George Whitefield preached in the open air, which allowed them to attract crowds larger than most buildings could accommodate. On one occasion when…
Portrait by George Romney, c. 1789
John Westley grandfather, dissenting minister
Samuel Wesley father, poet
Susanna Wesley mother