John Wesley for the Twenty-First Century: Set Apart for Social Witness

by John O. Gooch

Book Overview

Gooch connects modern day readers with the 18th century world of John Wesley. This book is more then an academic or historical account of Wesley's life. It also offers contemporary readers to connect... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881774456
• ISBN13: 9780881774450
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Discipleship Resources
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Friendly Introduction

John Wesley for the 21st Century offers insights into contemporary living by looking at some of the problems of the 18th century--and their solutions. For example, health care was a problem because doctors were scarce. According to author John Gooch, John Wesley saw the need and wrote a basic medical text to train his preachers to care for the sick--and maybe churches could establish health clinics today. Or in a time when people were hurting financially and needed short-term loans to tide them over, Wesley's movement provided basic small loans--and maybe churches could think in terms of micro-loans today to those in need. Not just social ills, but other insights into contemporary life matters. A nice book for discussion in a group!