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Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (died 1804)
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Sarah Crosby
English Methodist preacher (1729–1804)
Sarah Crosby was an English Methodist preacher, and is considered to be the first woman to hold this title. Crosby, along with Mary Bosanquet, is one of the most popular women preachers of Methodism. Scholars such as Paul Wesley Chilcote consider Crosby to be the busiest female…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Methodism
Denominations of Protestant Christianity
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)