EV. JOSHUA WORLEY entered the ministry of the Methodist church, at the Conference in 1779, and was a member of the Baltimore Conference in 1884, at which time the Discipline of the Methodist Church was received and adopted. In 1783 the Conference met the 6th of May, and he was appointed to the Tar River circuit. He withdrew from the Methodists and labored with O'Kelly.

      He was doubtless received by the Fluvanna, Conference at which the Methodist societies were presbyterianized. No records of this Conference have been preserved except that the time of trial for a preacher was lengthened from one to two years. This Conference was held on the 18th of May, 1779. The action of this body no doubt contributed in a measure to the growth of those ideas and thoughts which finally resulted in the establishment of the Christian Church. Rev. Mr. Worley was in full sympathy with Mr. O'Kelly and his co-laborers. [43]

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