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[7] Other leaders at the organizing conference were La Roy Sunderland, who had been tried and defrocked for his antislavery writings, Lucious C. Matlack, and Luther Lee, a minister who later operated an Underground Railroad station in Syracuse, New York.

The denomination sponsored traveling preachers on the frontier and into Canada, where they appealed to workingmen and farmers.

His technique combined restrained emotionalism with a clear call for personal commitment, coupled with follow-up action to organize support from converts.

It was a time when the Holiness Movement caught fire, with the revitalized interest of men and women in Christian perfection.

Caughey successfully bridged the gap between the style of earlier camp meetings and the needs of more sophisticated Methodist congregations in the emerging cities.

[8] In addition to advocating for abolitionism, the early Wesleyan Methodists championed the rights of women.

Luther Lee, General President in 1856, preached at the ordination service of Antoinette Brown (Blackwell), the very first woman ordained to the Christian ministry in the United States.

It spread through revivals emphasizing a deepening experience with God called holiness or sanctification.

During this period of time, many small churches developed through revivals and the emphasis of entire sanctification (taught by John Wesley, but not emphasized by some mainline Methodists).

Its mission is to "be a leader in communicating the message of holiness through the publication of quality resources for local churches and ministries around the world.

First Wesleyan Church in Huntington, West Virginia , a congregation belonging to the Wesleyan Church
Karen refugees from Myanmar established a Wesleyan Church in Utica, New York in 2008. [ 13 ]