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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Gareth Lloyd, Ph.D., Methodist Archivist, Methodist Archives and Research Centre, John Rylands University Library of Manchester.

Dr Lloyd has published a number of catalogues of the papers housed at the MARC including the Wesley Family Papers and Fletcher-Tooth Papers. His other publications include: ‘ “A Cloud of Perfect Witnesses:” John Wesley and the London Disturbances of 1760-1763’, Asbury Theological Journal (Fall 2001/Spring 2002);‘ “Croakers and Busybodies”: The Extent and Influence of Church Methodism in the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries'. Methodist History, 42:1 (2003). A revised version of his Ph.D. thesis has recently been published as Charles Wesley and the Struggle for Methodist Identity (2007).

Email: gareth.lloyd@manchester.ac.uk