Wesley Studies Symposium

I’ve been late to update this site regarding the 2026 Wesley Studies Symposium at Tyndale, but audio (and some video) recordings of this year’s presentations are available on the Symposium website. You can also access them and earlier Symposium recordings in Tyndale Library’s Digital Repository.

Here are direct links to each presentation:

David Bundy,”Redeeming Humanity in Flawed Empires: Radical Holiness Networks, Social Systems, and Social Gospel in France and the United Kingdom 1870-1930.” [video] [audio]
Victor Shepherd, “‘Do You Fear Spoiling Your Silken Coat?’ John Wesley on Money, Mammon, and the Meretricious”[video] [audio]
David Carr, “Healing and Interdependence: Co-Agency in Mark’s Gospel” [video][audio]
Kimberly Lai, “Women, Scripture, and Interpretation in Eighteenth Century Methodism: The Case of Mary Bosanquet-Fletcher”[audio]
Jeffrey McPherson, “Artificial Intelligence in Light of a Theology of the Cross, Reflecting the Philosophy of George Grant and Simone Weil”[audio]
Matthew McEwen, “Temptation and Triumph in the Funeral Hymns of Charles Wesley”[audio]
Chris Payk, “The Last Methodist Bishop in China: W. Y. Chen and the Beginning of the Repression of Religious Freedoms in the Early People’s Republic of China” [video][audio]
Mark Wahba, “Comparing John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection and the Eastern Orthodox Dogma of Theosis”[video][audio]

Plans are taking shape for next year’s Annual Wesley Studies Symposium on April 27, featuring Dr Bill Ury, National Ambassador for Holiness for the Salvation Army in the United States, as well as a long-time faculty member at Wesley Biblical Seminary. I will share more details as the event approaches.

This a very belated update, sharing audio files from this year’s Wesley Symposium at Tyndale. Although Dr Thomas Noble was not able to join us, I was privileged to read his keynote address on his behalf. We had a strong lineup of presenters this year, and our highest attendance to date. The recordings of this year’s event are now available on the Symposium website.

For this interested, next year’s Symposium will take place on Tuesday, April 28, with Dr. David Bundy as the keynote speaker. Dr. Bundy is a leading expert in Methodist, Holiness, and Pentecostal history, with an unparalleled knowledge of these movements in global contexts. You can read more about him on his profile page at the Manchester Wesley Research Centre.