John Wesley was an Anglican minister and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield<span>, is credited with the foundation of the evangelical movement known as Methodism.
</span>The Methodist revival began with a group of men, including John Wesley<span>(1703–1791) and his younger </span>brother Charles<span> (1707–1788), as a movement within the Church of England in the 18th century.</span>
