Can you imagine purchasing hymnals or Sunday school materials from a company called Fletchersbury? Probably not, but if history had gone a little differently that might be the case. You’ve probably never heard of John Fletcher, but he was a very important figure in the early Methodist movement and a great theologian.
John Fletcher, whose real name was Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère, was born in Switzerland in 1729. We know little about his early life except that he was educated in Geneva and traveled as a mercenary before settling in London in 1750. To support himself he worked as a private tutor for a wealthy family before becoming a deacon, and later a priest, in The Church of England.
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