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The Wesleyan Church, also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Wesleyan Holiness Church depending on the region, is a Methodist Christian denomination in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Indonesia, and Australia.
In the Evangelical Wesleyan Church, district conferences are required to be held thrice a year. It is presided over by a bishop . [ 1 ] It grants and renews licenses to preach , recommends suitable local preachers to the annual conference , recommends suitable deaconesses to the annual conference , among other responsibilities.
With regard to the membership of Annual Conferences of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, the 2014 Book of Discipline states: [1]. The voting membership of the conference shall include the following: all elders on the stationed, reserve, and superannuated lists; all conference preachers elected to elders’ orders; all conference preachers serving as pastors of organized Allegheny ...
Thomas Coke, twice President of the Conference in 1797 and 1805, was the first Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Joseph Benson was elected President twice, in 1798 and 1810. A list of Wesley's early successors was produced by the Wesleyan Methodist Church, listing all Presidents up to 1890. [8]
The Wesleyan Holiness Church, also known as the Wesleyan Holiness Association of Churches, is a Methodist Christian denomination in the conservative holiness movement. It has congregations throughout Canada, the United States and missions in other parts of the world.
The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection specifically traces its origin to the Wesleyan Methodist Church which was a Methodist denomination in the United States organized on May 13, 1841. The congregations that withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church did so because they strongly advocated abolitionism and disagreed with the church ...
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The National Association of Wesleyan Evangelicals is a Methodist network of churches and ministers aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is based in the Southern United States and was organized by W. Laurens Hudson, a Methodist preacher who was educated at Asbury Theological Seminary .