Unsung Heroes of Methodism: Barbara Heck

We’ve all heard the names John and Charles Wesley, but there’are a lot of other important names in the history of Methodism you may not know. The Unsung Heroes of Methodism series tells the stories of lesser-known figures whose lives and witness still impact The United Methodist Church today, even if their names aren’t familiar to us.

Sometimes a story that’s too good is still true. The story of Barbara Heck, “The Mother of American Methodism,” is one of those stories. Most United Methodists who’ve heard the name know Barbara Heck as the woman who saw her husband and other men playing cards one night, and in a moment reminiscent of Jesus in the Temple, angrily threw their cards into the fireplace and demanded they form a new Methodist society in New York City.

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