John Wesley: Servant of God

by John Charles Pollock

This biography of the father of Methodism is published just ahead of the 200th anniversary of his death. The book covers Wesley's upbringing in an unconventional family, and his years at Charterhouse, then Oxford where he formed the Holy Society who sought Christian perfection. It goes on to discuss the effect of his rejection by the girl he hoped to marry, and gives an account of Wesley's lifelong mission to the people of Britain. The Reverend John Pollock is an established Christian biographer whose other books include "Shaftesbury", "Moody without Sankey" and "The Billy Graham Story".

Genres: Biography, Christian, Christian Non Fiction

264 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1989

About the author

The late John Pollock, an award-winning biographer, had a flair for telling a dramatic story. He used this talent to write many biographies including ones on D. L. Moody and Major General Sir Henry Havelock.

Reviews

[carl · Rating 3 out of 5]

i read this in almost one sitting. a really great treatment of the life of john wesley.

[John Hayward · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I do not love God. I never did. ... I am only an honest heathen. ... And yet to be so employed of God and so hedged in that I can neither get forward nor backward."