Epworth is a small town and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme,
North Lincolnshire, England. As the birthplace of John Wesley
and Charles Wesley, it has given its name to many institutions
associated with Methodism. Their father, Samuel Wesley, was the
rector from 1695 to 1735. Arminianism is a school of
soteriological thought within Protestant Christianity based on
the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus
Arminius (1560-1609) and his historic followers, the
Remonstrants. The doctrine's acceptance stretches through much
of mainstream Christianity, including evangelical Protestantism.
Arminianism holds to the following tenets: Humans are naturally
unable to make any effort towards salvation. They possess free
will to accept or reject salvation. A bishop is an ordained or
consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally
entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in
the Assyrian Church of the Eas