Hymn writer Charles Wesley, the younger and less celebrated of two brothers whose work led to the forming of the Methodist Church, is being honored at a London exhibition celebrating the 300th ...

The United Methodist News Service has done a piece about an ecumenical celebration in England of the life and hymn texts of Charles Wesley. He was the brother of John Wesley, founder of Methodism.

The hymns of Charles Wesley will come to life at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mount Gretna Campmeeting, with a little help from Wesley himself. Or, that is, Lamar Dourte playing the role of Wesley, ...

He was said to have averaged 10 poetic lines a day for 50 years. He wrote 8,989 hymns, 10 times the volume composed by the only other candidate (Isaac Watts) who could conceivably claim to be the ...

The Bristol home of Methodist Charles Wesley is due to reopen to the public later for the first time in a year. Wesley, who died in 1788, was a prolific hymn writer whose 6,000 plus compositions ...

There's a myth circulating among Methodists in the United States. Many believe the denomination's founders, John and Charles Wesley, based their hymns on tavern tunes that were popular in 18th century ...

In the founding of the Methodist movement in 18th-century England, Charles Wesley is usually regarded as “second fiddle” to his older brother, evangelist John Wesley, according to a local church ...

The composer of the Christmas carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Charles Wesley, is being celebrated in a new stamp from An Post marking the 300th anniversary of his birth. The composer's older ...

The biography and legacy of Charles Wesley, one of the founding fathers of the Methodist denomination of Christianity and is best known for his prolific hymn writing, poetry and for being. Charles ...