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Plaque

John Wesley - Aldersgate Street

Erection date: /8/1926

Inscription

The probable site, where, on May 24, 1738 John Wesley "felt his heart strangely warmed". This experience of grace was the beginning of Methodism.
This tablet is gratefully placed here by the Drew Theological Seminary of the Methodist Episcopal Church Madison, New Jersey, U.S.A., August 1926.

Site: John Wesley - Aldersgate Street (1 memorial)

EC1, Aldersgate Street

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Wesley's second conversion

Wesley attended a meeting convened by James Hutton in Nettleton Court, off Al...

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John Wesley

Founder of the Methodist denomination of the Protestant religion. Born Epwort...

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John Wesley - Aldersgate Street

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Drew Theological Seminary

In Madison, New Jersey, U.S.A.

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