John Wesley’s mission to Georgia included a mandate to convert indigenous nations. How did this trip shape his understanding of indigenous persons and what can United Methodists today learn from this encounter?

Guest:

Rev. Dr. Suzanne Wenonah Duchesne: Dr. Duchesne is a PhD graduate of Drew Theological School whose dissertation was entitled Beloved Speech: Language and Legacies of Methodist Women Leaders of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference with Antiracist/Decolonizing Strategies for Preaching. She is currently faculty at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in NJ.

Host:

Dr. Ashley Boggan Dreff, General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church. Dreff earned her PhD from Drew Theological School’s Graduate Division of Religion, specializing in both Methodist/Wesleyan Studies and Women’s/Gender Studies. She earned an M.A. from the University of Chicago’s Divinity School, specializing in American Religious History.