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This research aims to clarify the relationship between the Word and the Lord's Supper in John Wesley's theology and liturgy. As a persuasive preacher, Wesley brought forth for believers a recovery of preaching in the worship service. Wesley places great emphasis on preaching and he respectfully followed the liturgy of Anglican heritage. He was an enthusiastic and evangelical preacher and a high Churchman with the appreciation of liturgy and sacrament. The Word of God is working together with the Lord's Supper to create experiences of forgiveness and reconciliation. This converting power of the Lord's Supper is clearly found in Wesley's understanding on the Lord's Supper. According to Wesley, the Lord's Supper is a living Kerygma and means of grace and it should be frequently practiced in Christian life. The eucharistic hymns liturgically combine evangelical singing and the sacramental worship. For Wesley, eucharistic hymns were a link between preaching and the Lord's supper in the sacramental worship. He prayed, praised, preached, and celebrated communion with the congregation. In addition, the intimate relationship between the Word and the Lord's Supper is not limited to the physical church. He advocated field preaching and field communion. The Word and Sacrament cannot be understood as independent or separate units in the understanding of Wesley. From this analysis and perspective, one can find integral relationship between preaching and sacrament in his ministry, theology and liturgy.