The Ordination of Francis Asbury
2005/9989
1950-2000 / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Other / Paper / Print / World Parish
Engraving on paper
Mid 1900s
This facsimile print of an engraving dating to the late 1800s shows Francis Asbury (1745-1816). Asbury was born in Staffordshire, brought up a Methodist and ordained a travelling preacher by Wesley. He went to the Americas in 1771 to minister to the growing number of Methodists there.
In 1784 in a controversial move, John Wesley ordained Englishman Thomas Coke as Wesley's American superintendent. Coke, in turn, ordained Asbury at the Baltimore "Christmas Conference" of 1784 as Co-Superintendent, or Bishop. This gave birth to the American Methodist Episcopal Church. Ultimately, Wesley's move contributed to the split of American Methodism from the Anglican Church, and that of the Methodist Church in England from the Anglican Church.
See also Charles Wesley's ditty on the occasion of Coke's controversial ordination of Asbury in the Collection.
Mid 1900s
This facsimile print of an engraving dating to the late 1800s shows Francis Asbury (1745-1816). Asbury was born in Staffordshire, brought up a Methodist and ordained a travelling preacher by Wesley. He went to the Americas in 1771 to minister to the growing number of Methodists there.
In 1784 in a controversial move, John Wesley ordained Englishman Thomas Coke as Wesley's American superintendent. Coke, in turn, ordained Asbury at the Baltimore "Christmas Conference" of 1784 as Co-Superintendent, or Bishop. This gave birth to the American Methodist Episcopal Church. Ultimately, Wesley's move contributed to the split of American Methodism from the Anglican Church, and that of the Methodist Church in England from the Anglican Church.
See also Charles Wesley's ditty on the occasion of Coke's controversial ordination of Asbury in the Collection.
