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Bible Christians
Bible Christians were a methodist connexion founded in 1815 in north Devon by William O'Bryan (1778–1868), a Wesleyan farmer of Anglican and quaker descent, an attractive but refractory personality. Despite a stress on lay representation, it maintained a strong view of the ministry, which included women. Closest in temper to primitive methodism, its political attitudes aligned it with dissent. Its emphases on mission and education were reflected in Samuel Pollard (1864–1915) of south-west China, and Shebbear College (founded 1841) under Thomas Ruddle (1839–1909), ‘the North Devon Arnold’. The Bible Christians joined with the New Connexion and United Free Churches in 1907 to form the United Methodist Church which, in turn, entered the methodist church in 1932.
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JOHN CANNON. "Bible Christians." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Bible Christians." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BibleChristians.html JOHN CANNON. "Bible Christians." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BibleChristians.html |
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Bible Christians
Bible Christians were a methodist connexion founded in 1815 in north Devon by William O'Bryan(1778–1868), a Wesleyan farmer of Anglican and quaker descent, an attractive but refractory personality. The Bible Christians joined with the New Connexion and United Free Churches in 1907 to form the United Methodist Church which, in turn, entered the methodist church in 1932.
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JOHN CANNON. "Bible Christians." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Bible Christians." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BibleChristians.html JOHN CANNON. "Bible Christians." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BibleChristians.html |
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Bible Christians
Bible Christians. One of the bodies, also known as Bryanites, which made up the United Methodist Church in 1907. It was founded in 1815 in N. Devon by William O'Bryan, a local preacher of the Wesleyan Methodist Church who had extended his evangelism beyond the limits of his own circuit. The movement spread rapidly and engaged in missionary work abroad.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bible Christians." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bible Christians." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BibleChristians.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bible Christians." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BibleChristians.html |
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Bible Christians
Bible Christians denomination of Methodists in England founded by William O'Bryan. They seceded from the Wesleyan Methodist Church (1815–19) and in 1907 were merged with two other branches in the United Methodist Church . |
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"Bible Christians." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bible Christians." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BibleChr.html "Bible Christians." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BibleChr.html |
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