Christoph Gottlob Müller
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Christoph Gottlob Müller (1785–1858) is generally considered to be the founder of the Wesleyan Church
in Germany. He converted himself to Methodism around 1806, after he had fled to England during the Napoleonic wars
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
The Wesleyan Methodist Church was a Methodist denomination in the United States organized on May 13, 1841. It was composed of ministers and laypeople who withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church because of disagreements regarding slavery, church government, and the doctrine of holiness...
in Germany. He converted himself to Methodism around 1806, after he had fled to England during the Napoleonic wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
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