About Us
Welcome to the MWRC

The Manchester Wesley Research Centre promotes and supports research on the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries in the 18th century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan tradition, and contemporary scholarship in the Wesleyan and Evangelical tradition. This includes areas such as theology, history, biblical studies, education, ethics, literature, mission, philosophy, pastoral studies, practical theology, and social theology.

The MWRC is located on the campus of Nazarene Theological College in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury and is affiliated with the Methodist Archives, housed in The University of Manchester John Rylands Library. These research centres provide magnificent resources for students and researchers in this field.

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If you are interested in further information about the Wesley Centre and its programmes, or would like to be placed on the mailing list for information about forthcoming events, please contact the Administrator or Director at the following address:

Manchester Wesley Research Centre
Dene Road
Didsbury, Manchester
England M20 2GU

MWRC Director
Revd Herbert B. McGonigle, Ph.D.
Email: HMcgonigle@nazarene.ac.uk 

MWRC Research Fellow & Administrator
Geordan Hammond, Ph.D.
Email: ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk

Postgraduate Assistant
Joseph Cunningham
Email: joseph.cunningham@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

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Dean Blevins, Ph.D., Professor of Christian Education, Nazarene Theological Seminary.

DeanBlevins.jpgPrior to NTS, Dr Blevins served eleven years at Trevecca Nazarene University as Professor of Christian Education, and also as the inaugural J B Elizer Chair of Christian Ministry.  Dr Blevins has written widely on the subject of Christian education in the Wesleyan tradition. His dissertation on ‘John Wesley and the Means of Grace: An Approach to Christian Religious Education’ has been followed by a number of articles on Christian practice including: 'Communities of Holiness, Communities of the Spirit', Asbury Theological Journal 60, no. 2 (Fall 2005), 97-110; and 'To Be a Means of Grace: A Wesleyan Perspective on Christian Practices and the Lives of Children', Wesleyan Theological Journal 43, no. 1 (Spring 2008), 47-67. Most recently, he has published 'Emergence as Transformation: Exploring Personal Religious Experience as Promise in Open and Relational Theology' in Creation Made Free: Open Theology Engaging Science, ed. Thomas J. Oord (Pickwick, 2009), and also 'Neuroscience, Wesley and the Christian Life', Wesleyan Theological Journal 44, no. 1 (Spring 2009), 219-248.

Email: dgblevins@nts.edu