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Jonathan Crowther (minister)
Jonathan Crowther (1794–1856) was an English Wesleyan Methodist minister, who for a period supervised Wesleyan missionaries in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj. Life He was born at St. Austell, Cornwall, on 31 July 1794; his father, Timothy Crowther, and his uncles Jonathan Crowther (1760–1824) and Richard, were Methodist preachers appointed by John Wesley. He was educated at Kingswood School, then in Gloucestershire, and began to preach aged about 20. Having been principal teacher at Woodhouse Grove School, near Bradford, Yorkshire, Crowther was appointed in 1823 headmaster of Kingswood School. He was removed from his position there in 1826, because of a brutal use of corporal punishment. One of his pupils was Christopher Walton. After this he was moved between Wesleyan circuits. In 1837 Crowther was appointed general superintendent of the Wesleyan missions in India, returning to England in 1843 in poor health, where he was again employed in the home ministry. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)
The Wesleyan Methodist Church (also named the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion) was the majority Methodist movement in England following its split from the Church of England after the death of John Wesley and the appearance of parallel Methodist movements. The word ''Wesleyan'' in the title differentiated it from the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists (who were a majority of the Methodists in Wales) and from the Primitive Methodist movement, which separated from the Wesleyans in 1807. The Wesleyan Methodist Church followed the Wesleys in holding to an Arminian theology, in contrast to the Calvinism held by George Whitefield George Whitefield (; 30 September 1770), also known as George Whitfield, was an Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Born in Gloucester, he matriculated at Pembroke College at th ..., by Selina Hastings (founder of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion), and by Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland (pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
