Q7. Is field-preaching unlawful?
A. We conceive not. We do not know that it is contrary to any law either of God or man.
Q8. Have we not used it too sparingly?
A. It seems we have; (1.) Because our call is to save that which is lost. Now, cannot expect them to seek us. Therefore we should go and seek them.
— From the “Minutes of Several Conversations Between the Rev. Mr. Wesley and Others; From the Year 1744 to the Year 1789.”
In his most recent column, Donald Haynes exhorts United Methodists to recall that we are Arminians. To that end, Haynes recounts some of the particular marks of Arminian theology. The first key distinction for Wesleyans, Haynes writes, is our belief that Jesus died for everyone not just for a special few.
You don’t have to be an Arminian to preach in fields, of course. Wesley’s mentor in field preaching, George Whitfield, was a staunch Calvinist.
But Wesley believed Jesus died for everyone and this is why he preached in the open air. It is why he sought out coal towns and factory slums to preach in. It is why some churches today are so passionate about reaching out to people who do not look exactly like the people already sitting in the pews. It is one of the great traditions of Methodism.
Who is it near us that will not come to us? How shall we go and seek them?
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The doctrine of original sin is surely more humbling to man than the opposite: And I know not what honour we can pay to God, if we think man came out of His hands in the condition wherein he is now.
