John William Fletcher (1729-1785)

Jean Guillaume de la Flechere was a Swiss born English divine and Methodist leader.
He emigrated to England in 1750 and began to work with John Wesley. He became a key interpreter of Wesleyan theology in the 18th century and one of Methodists first great theologians.

he became a fervent supporter of the Evangelical Revival. He was devoted to the Methodist concern for spiritual renewal and revival but maintained a never wavering commitment to the Church of .

He spent 25 years (1760-1785) working in the humble industrialising parish of Madeley in Shropshire. He believed the methodist model model functioned best within the parochial system and implemented his own brand of methodism in his own parish.

John Wesley chose John to lead the Methodist movement on his death but John Fletcher died first!

He worked with unique devotion and zeal. His wife Mary on his iron tomb gave this epitaph -unexampled labours.

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