Hedstroms and the Bethel Ship Saga Methodist Influence on Swedish Religious Life

The first book-length biographical treatment of Olof Gustaf Hedstrom and his brother Jonas documents their work in spreading Methodism among Swedish immigrants to America. Henry C. Whyman discusses the Bethel Ship Saga, a ministry unique in American immigrant history, and examines the larger picture of the role of religion in nineteenth-century European immigration to the United States. The Bethel Ship, a floating chapel in New York Harbor, was the vehicle and headquarters for an effective ministry to immigrants arriving in America. Olof Hedstrom, a Methodist minister serving in the Catskill Mountain area, was called to New York to organize and lead this endeavor.Whyman, Henry C. is the author of 'Hedstroms and the Bethel Ship Saga Methodist Influence on Swedish Religious Life' with ISBN 9780809317622 and ISBN 0809317621.