John Wesley's Birthday
June 28, 1703
John Wesley's Early Life
Born in 1703 at Epworth, England, John Wesley was the son of an Anglican minister and the 15th of
19 children. He attended both Charterhouse School and
Oxford where he graduated in 1724. Three years later he was ordained as a minister at
the age of 24. In 1729, he joined his brother Charles’ Holy Club whose members were derisively
called Methodists. His education prepared him for life as an Anglican minister in England, yet his
first real field of work lay far from England’s shores.