Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.

Leonard Sachs
as John Wesley

Gerard Lohan
as Wesley as a Child

Neil Heayes
as Wesley as a Student

Keith Pyott
as Rev. Samuel Wesley

Curigwen Lewis
as Susannah Wesley

Derek Aylward
as Charles Wesley

Philip Leaver
as Beau Nash

John Witty
as Peter Bohler

Patrick Barton
as George Whitefield

John Slater
as Condemned Man