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The secession was led by Alexander Kilham , and resulted from a dispute regarding the position and rights of the laity. In 1791 , Kilham denounced the Methodist conference for giving too much power to the ministers of the church, at the expense of the Laity . The Plan Of Pacification adopted by the conference in 1795 further entrenched his position, and Kilham was expelled from the conference in 1797. Kilham formed New Connexion, based around his church in Sheffield . It thrived, and soon spread across Britain. At its conferences, ministers and laymen were of equal number, the laymen being chosen by the circuits and in some cases by guardian representatives elected for life by conference. Otherwise the doctrines and order of the Connexion were the same as those of the Wesleyans, although some Wesleyans accused Kilham of revolutionary sympathies and links with Tom Paine . At the time of the union in 1907, the Methodist New Connexion had some 250 ministers and 45,000 members. REFERENCES The Penguin Dictionary of British History |