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In the beginnings of the Methodist movement, adherents were instructed to receive the sacraments within the Anglican Church ; however, the Methodists soon petitioned to receive the sacraments from the local preachers who conducted worship services and revivals.

However, the Bishop of London refused to ordain ministers in the British American colonies.

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John Wesley, the founder of the movement, was not prepared to allow unordained preachers to administer the sacraments: " We believe it would not be right for us to administer either Baptism or the Lord's Supper unless we had a commission so to do from those Bishops whom we apprehend to be in a succession from the Apostles.