▁Method ism , ▁L idget t ' s ▁the ology ▁was ▁liberal . ▁He ▁rejected ▁the ▁pen al ▁substitution ▁doctrine ▁of ▁the ▁at on ement , ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁move ▁his ▁den om ination ▁away ▁from ▁its ▁inherited ▁t endency ▁to ▁a ▁narrow ▁evangel ical ▁st ance , ▁towards ▁a ▁social ▁g ospel . ▁He ▁founded ▁the ▁B erm ond sey ▁S ett lement , ▁the ▁only ▁Method ist ▁foundation ▁among ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁settlement s ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁End ▁of ▁London . ▁Like ▁the ▁sec ular ▁settlement s ▁such ▁as ▁To yn be e ▁Hall , ▁it ▁aim ed ▁to ▁bring ▁into ▁the ▁neighbourhood ▁middle - class ▁activ ists ▁who ▁could ▁provide ▁social ▁and ▁educational ▁facilities ▁for ▁the ▁poor , ▁rather ▁than ▁concentr ating ▁narrow ly ▁on ▁evangel ism ▁like ▁the ▁Church ' s ▁more ▁traditional ▁" M issions " ▁located ▁in ▁poor ▁areas ▁of ▁London . ▁ ▁Within ▁the ▁Church , ▁L idget t ▁founded ▁the ▁" W es ley ▁Gu ild ", ▁a ▁social ▁organization ▁aim ed ▁at ▁young ▁people ▁but ▁also ▁offering ▁activities ▁to ▁adult s , ▁which ▁claimed ▁over ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁members ▁by ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Wes ley an ▁Method ist ▁Conference ▁( the ▁r uling ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁den om ination ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 - 0 9 . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁early ▁supp orter ▁of ▁the ▁ec umen ical ▁movement ▁and ▁a ▁key ▁architect ▁of