article_snippet.sent: In 1725, John Wesley, one of the founders of the Methodist Church, gave John Wesley, one of the founders of the Methodist Church first sermon in the St James the Great church in The village of South Leigh.
article_snippet.sent: At the time of John Wesley , John Wesley was studying at Oxford University.
article_snippet.sent: The Jacobean pulpit in the St James the Great church in the village the Great bears a plaque commemorating the sermon, which is reputed to have lasted two-and-a-half hours. '