Candidates' and Discipline committee minute book

Labelled 'Minutes of Examination Vol 2'. Corrected typed version of index inserted at front. Pages 1-128: Unsigned minutes of the meetings 'of the Preachers of the London Districts for the Examination of Missionary Candidates' from 9 September 1829 until 9 July 1841. Examination of missionary (and...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Candidates Papers/FBN 43 (fiche 1908-1912)
Date(s) of creation: 9 Sep 1829-15 Apr 1864
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Candidates Papers/FBN 43 (fiche 1908-1912)
Summary: Labelled 'Minutes of Examination Vol 2'. Corrected typed version of index inserted at front. Pages 1-128: Unsigned minutes of the meetings 'of the Preachers of the London Districts for the Examination of Missionary Candidates' from 9 September 1829 until 9 July 1841. Examination of missionary (and occasionally assistant missionary) candidates. Includes a few disciplinary cases, usually having been referred by missionary districts, and often brief in detail. Pages 129-135: Blank. Pages 136-256: Unsigned minutes of the meetings of the Committee of Discipline from 11 July 1843 until 15 April 1864. Rear of volume has index. Between index entries are minutes of the Committee for Discipline from 22 April until 4 August 1864, and a meeting of 8 August 1862.
Extent: 1 volume
Note: No earlier volume is known to be extant.
Admin history: Information on candidates usually includes: name; age; involvement with Methodist Church; status (health, marital, financial), whether accepted or not accepted. Sometimes mentions current occupation and quality of preaching. Disciplinary cases include: theological dissent; marrying without permission; breach of promise; sexual misconduct; immoral conduct; involvement with political or 'temporal affairs'; intoxication; financial irregularities; travelling without Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society's consent or contrary to its w ... View more
Arrangement: A previous arrangement of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society archive had placed this minute book under Special Series. As a committee involved with the management of the WMMS it more appropriately belongs within the minutes series of the Home and General sub-sub-collection. Microfiche references, however, remain unchanged.
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche.
Copyright: Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Physical description: Bound volume
Related material: Some additional candidate material for the 1840s, mainly in the form of examination books, is available on the same microfiche.
Format: Archive