persistent prearchers, 1807-1907
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Lloyd, Jennifer M.
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 8 2009 - B
- Thesaurus
- religieuzen, religieuze functionarissen, vrouwen in het ambt, protestantisme, historisch, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 19e eeuw
- Description
- The author covers women preachers in the lifetime of John Wesley, founder of Methodism: the reason why some Methodist sects allowed women to preach and others did not: and the experience of Bible Christian and Primitive Methodist female evangelists before 1850. She also describes the other ways in which women supported their chapel communities. Includes also discussion of the careers of mid-century women revivalists, the opportunities home and foreign missions offered for female evangelism, the emergence of deaconess evangelists and Sisters of the People in late century, and the brief revival of female itinerancy among the Bible Christians.