Question

What was John Wesley's motivation for breaking from the Anglican Church to form the Methodist Church?

Answer 1

George Whitefield

Step-by-step explanation:

George Whitefield

Definition: He was an Anglican minister, known for his work in the First Great Awakening and his assistance to John and Charles Wesley in founding the Methodist Church.

Answer 2

His main motivation seems to have been to break with the stipulation of the Anglican Church in pre-revolutionary USA that in order to be ordained a would-be priest had to undergo a dangerous voyage to England and stay there for a year for the process to take place so he wanted a church that could ordain its' priests right in the US.