WesleyanArminian

Wesleyan Arminianism, or Wesleyan-Arminian theology, is a Protestant theological tradition that combines Arminian soteriology with the revivalist and Holiness emphasis associated with John Wesley and the Methodist movement. It asserts that salvation is provided by grace for all people and received through faith, but that human beings collaborate with grace and can freely respond to or resist its prompting.

Prevenient grace is central: it enables persons to respond to the gospel but can be resisted. Atonement is regarded as universal in scope, available to all who believe. Election is conditional on faith, and grace can be refused. The order of salvation is often described as justification by faith, followed by sanctification; in many Wesleyan churches, sanctification includes a second work of grace—entire sanctification or Christian perfection—as an experience distinct from conversion.

Perseverance of the saints is understood as conditional; believers may fall away and lose their saving privileges through apostasy if they do not continue in faith and holiness.

Historical development: rooted in Arminius and the Remonstrants (17th century) and developed in the 18th-century English and American revival under John Wesley and successors. It shaped the Methodist tradition and later Holiness denominations such as the Church of the Nazarene, the Free Methodist Church, and the Wesleyan Church, as well as many Pentecostal and evangelical groups within a Wesleyan framework.