The Lady Huntingdon Connexion

	The Lady Huntingdon Church in Worcester

During the great revival of religion in the 1800s, when John and Charles Wesley almost single-handedly saved Britain from a French-style revolution, the work of the revival was greatly aided by the financial help provided by Selina, the Countess of Huntingdon.

Unfortunately she preferred the doctrines of the other great preacher, George Whitfield - sometimes called "The Trumpet of the Lord" because of his incredible preaching voice. Whereas the Wesleys taught that anyone could be saved if they turned to God, Whitfield embraced the dour doctrines of Calvinism and only those were saved who were chosen by God.

For a time the chapels financed by Lady Huntingdon and preached in by Whitfield flourished and meeting houses belonging to "The Lady Huntingdon's Connexion" dotted the land; but then Whitfield emmigrated to America and Lady Huntingdon's money ran out. One by one the chapels closed. The one in Worcester, however, was such a splendid building that the city took it over as a concert hall.