On April 20 IRD’s John Wesley Institute (JWI) hosted the Second Annual Tennent Lecture in Washington, DC. Dr. Timothy Tennent spoke on, “Longing for the Lost Caliphate: the Religious Context of the Current conflict with Iran.”

Tennent, an American Methodist missiologist and expert on world Christianity, joined IRD’s John Wesley Institute as Distinguished Fellow in 2024, working to promote…

_“Experience is sufficient to confirm a doctrine which is grounded in Scripture.”_

Experience has always played a vital part within the Wesleyan movement. From that still small voice heard in prayer to the ecstatic encounter of worship, the early Methodists placed great emphasis on experiencing the transforming love of God. This is why John Wesley penned the words above in his sermon, “The…