Youth

I recently read an article about early Methodism in America.

As we know, when Methodism first arrived from Britain, clergy were "circuit riders" and traveled mainly by horseback. They moved from town to town staying but a few days at a time. While there, they would preach, preform marriages, baptisms and tend to the flock. They would then be off to the next town on their circuit and would return a few months later.

Because of the rigors and hardships of this type of life and travel, these were primarily young men. Although they were inexperienced and perhaps lacking in a few of the social graces, they were passionate! This has been recognized as a time of some the most dramatic growth within the Methodist Church. It was all in the hands of young men who were eager to travel and willing to minister to those in need.

"Don' let anyone look down on you because you are young but set an example for all believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity" 1 Timothy 4:12