Unsung Heroes of Methodism: Sarah Crosby

The Foundry Chapel where Sarah Crosby was
approved as a preacher in the mid-1700s

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.

The Methodist Episcopal Church (a precursor to The UMC) first began ordaining women as full elders in 1924, but women had a long history of preaching and taking on spiritual leadership in the Methodist movement long before. In fact, the first true women preachers emerged in the earliest days of Methodism under the leadership of John Wesley. One of these was Sarah Crosby.

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