She Offered Them Christ : The Legacy of Women Preachers in Early Methodism Book

	Introduction	7
Ch. 1	A Process of Liberation Begins	11
	Roots of English "Female Preaching"
	Eighteenth-century Backdrop
	Wesley and Women
Ch. 2	On the Cutting Edge of Revival	24
	An Exclusively Female Sect?
	We Trace Our Roots to Her
	Caution Among the Ministers
Ch. 3	She Led the Way to Zion	34
	Influencing the Institution from Inside
	Grace Murray: The Model Leader
	Wesley Makes Concessions
Ch. 4	Did She Preach, or Not?	47
	She Began by Praying
	Her Testimony Changed Lives
	Exhortation Bears Fruit
Ch. 5	Experimenting With or Without a Pulpit	61
	Sarah Crosby Receives Approval
	Mary Bosanquet and Her Little Family
	Other "Blessed Women"
Ch. 6	Extraordinary Women for Extraordinary Tasks	77
	Wesley Defines the Call
	An Ever-widening Circle
	"Women of Israel" in Yorkshire
Ch. 7	"Female Brethren" Among the Men	95
	Recognizing the Labor and the Fruit
	A Formal Act
	"Female Brethren" and Colleagues
Ch. 8	The Controversy Explodes	110
	Entering a New Era
	The Storm-center: Mary Barritt
	On Pain of Excommunication
	Epilogue: The Legacy	123
	For Further Reading	129
	Notes	133
	Index	141