"to Go and Serve the Desolate Sheep in America": The Diary/Journal of Bishop Richard Whatcoat 1789 - 1800

by Richard Whatcoat and Professor Samuel J. Rogal

This hitherto unpublished diary, edited and with notes by Dr. Rogal, provides a valuable research tool for understanding the place of religion in immediate post Revolutionary America specifically amongst the American Methodist Episcopal Church members Bishop Wheatcoat had as his flock. Sent to America and appointed by John Wesley with the stern injunction ...go and serve the desolate sheep of America, Richard Whatcoat spent 11 years as a roving missioner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930901410
• ISBN13: 9781930901414
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 664 Pages