Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Accordning to some religious beliefs, divine providence is a preordained sequence of events set in motion and moderated by a divine deity. It was accepted by many Christian organizations in the beginnings of evangelicy and has been upheld predominantly by Presbyterian denominations in Western Europe and the United States. Divine providence has been challenged continually by the Methodist belief in free will and its number of followers was diminished significantly in the 20th century. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.