Whitefield chose to step down from his leadership among the Methodists for two reasons: he wanted the freedom to devote more time to his ministry in America, and he realized that to continue in his position would mean continued opposition from John Wesley. When urged by others to remain in his position he replied, "Let the name of Whitefield perish, but Christ be glorified! And let me be but the servant of all!"
In the years that followed Whitefield practiced the attitude of servanthood
