5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols

Early Methodism: Circuit Riders and Camp Meetings

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5 min·January 21, 2026

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How did Methodism spread across the American frontier? Today, Stephen Nichols looks at the lives of circuit riders who carried Methodism westward.

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