A Methodist pastor quoted part of John Wesley’s “Directions for Singing” at a service a couple of weeks ago. Along with a whole library of sermons and other Christian writing, the English founder of ...

There's a myth circulating among Methodists in the United States. Many believe the denomination's founders, John and Charles Wesley, based their hymns on tavern tunes that were popular in 18th century ...

The Bristol home of Methodist Charles Wesley is due to reopen to the public later for the first time in a year. Wesley, who died in 1788, was a prolific hymn writer whose 6,000 plus compositions ...

Like many Methodists, Leon French grew up believing some of his favorite hymns were set to tunes of drinking songs – just as “The Star-Spangled Banner” used the melody of English tavern favorite “To ...

The Methodist Church in Britain is to have a new collection of hymns next year. This is important, for, ever since the time of the Wesleys, Methodist belief has been expressed in its hymns. John ...

Charles Wesley, born 300 years ago this month, was a prodigious hymn writer who changed the way people sang in church, and whose hymns have entered the English and American folk traditions. He and his ...