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Francis Asbury : circuit rider / Janet and Geoff Benge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Christian heroes, then & nowPublisher: Seattle : YWAM Publishing, 2013Description: 189 pages : map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1576587371 (pbk.)
  • 9781576587379 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Lying low -- Apprenticed to God -- Who among you is willing to go? -- Suspended between two worlds -- A new world -- Dissatisfied -- A deepening crisis -- Trembling and shaking -- Under suspicion -- A compromise -- So strangely set free -- An American bishop -- Forward! -- Fishing with a large net -- What could he do that he did not do?
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Asbury, F. B466 Available 33111005201591
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Frank felt his heart beat fast. At that moment he was certain God was calling him, asking him to give up his ties to his homeland and set out across the Atlantic Ocean. He did not hesitate to stand when John Wesley asked preachers to walk forward if they felt God was calling them to the American colonies. One of the first Methodist bishops in America, English-born Francis Asbury devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback to preach and teach to those living on the vastly isolated American frontier. Alone in a new country, with no home of his own, Asbury rode over 300,000 miles-across rivers and through rocky, overgrown roads-shining God's light on the fledgling colonies. When many Methodist clergy left America during the Revolutionary War, Asbury stayed. His tireless leadership sawthe movement grow from 5,000 members in 1776 to 214,000 at the time of his death in 1816, fulfilling the great destiny of his call and inspiring future generations.

Includes bibliographical references.

Lying low -- Apprenticed to God -- Who among you is willing to go? -- Suspended between two worlds -- A new world -- Dissatisfied -- A deepening crisis -- Trembling and shaking -- Under suspicion -- A compromise -- So strangely set free -- An American bishop -- Forward! -- Fishing with a large net -- What could he do that he did not do?

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