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W. F. James
William Francis James (1846 – 3 October 1924), commonly referred to as W. F. James or F. W. James, was a Methodist minister in South Australia, remembered for his work towards Methodist union in Australia. History James was born in Truro, Cornwall, and educated at Chacewater National School and Trevarth School. He joined the Bible Christian Church at age 18 and preached his first sermon nine months later. He entered the ministry in 1868, serving in the Tavistock, Exeter and Northlew circuits and was ordained at Bideford in 1872. He met Eleanor Jane Swaish while he was stationed at Neath. In 1874 he was posted to Cardiff, where he hired the Swiss Hall to found a church, which steadily grew until he was able to erect a church building for nine denominations; then to St Austell. In 1884 James and W. H. Cann were selected for missionary service in Australia, and travelled out to Adelaide aboard the SS ''Orient''. He subsequently worked at Kooringa; Young Street, Adelaide, where he sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people. It is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by population. This population is the second-most highly centralised in the nation after Western Australia, with more than 77% of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 26,878. South Australia shares borders with all the other mainland states. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria (state), Victoria, and to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primitive Methodist
The Primitive Methodist Church is a Christian denomination within the holiness movement. Originating in early 19th-century England as a revivalist movement within Methodism, it was heavily influenced by American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834), whose visits inspired a return to fervent, open-air preaching. In the United States, the Primitive Methodist Church had eighty-three parishes and 8,487 members in 1996. In Great Britain and Australia, the Primitive Methodist Church merged with other denominations, to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain in 1932 and the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1901. (The latter subsequently merged into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977.) History United Kingdom The leaders who originated Primitive Methodism were attempting to restore a spirit of revivalism as they felt was found in the ministry of John Wesley, with no intent of forming a new church. The leaders were Hugh Bourne (1772–1852) and William Clowes (1780–1851) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
