Sarah Crosby

Sarah Crosby
Born(1729-10-06)6 October 1729
Leeds, England
Died29 October 1804(1804-10-29) (aged 75)
Leeds, England
Occupations
Known forFirst female Methodist preacher
ReligionMethodist

Sarah Crosby (6 October 1729 – 29 October 1804) was an English Methodist preacher, and is considered to be the first woman to hold this title.[1][2][3][4] Crosby, along with Mary Bosanquet, is one of the most popular women preachers of Methodism.[5] Scholars such as Paul Wesley Chilcote consider Crosby to be the busiest female Methodist preacher, as she preached up until the day she died.[6] She was also renowned for being skilled at prayer,[7][8] which at the time was seen as a sort of religious art form.[9]

  1. ^ English 1994, p. 32.
  2. ^ Burge 1996, p. 10.
  3. ^ Burton 2008, p. 161, 162.
  4. ^ Chilcote 2007, p. 63.
  5. ^ Krueger 1992, p. 76.
  6. ^ Chilcote 1993, p. 62.
  7. ^ Chilcote 1991, p. 118.
  8. ^ Lloyd 2009, pp. 32–33.
  9. ^ Chilcote 1993, p. 48.