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  2. The United Methodist Church Split, Explained - AOL

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    The United Methodist Church Split, Explained. Norman Hubbard. January 2, 2024 at 2:43 AM. The United Methodist Church (UMC) has historically regarded itself as a “ big tent ” denomination. But ...

  3. Methodist Church (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Methodist Church was the official name adopted by the Methodist denomination formed in the United States by the reunion on May 10, 1939, of the northern and southern factions of the Methodist Episcopal Church along with the earlier separated Methodist Protestant Church of 1828. [1] The Methodist Episcopal Church had split in 1844 over the ...

  4. Cross and flame - Wikipedia

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    In the United Methodist Church, a cross and flame logo was adopted shortly after the merger of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church; the symbol relates the United Methodist church to God through Christ (cross) and the Holy Spirit (flame). The flame is a reminder of Pentecost when witnesses were unified by the power of ...

  5. United Methodist Church - Wikipedia

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    The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [1] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelicalism. The present denomination was founded in 1968 in Dallas, Texas, by union of the Methodist ...

  6. The United Methodist Church is the country’s — and Kentucky’s — second-largest Protestant denomination. The loss of 250 churches would shrink its presence in the Commonwealth by nearly half.

  7. The most consequential year in UMC split leaves uncertainty ...

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    5,505 disaffiliations, 17 legal battles and new alternative Methodist groups. Why 2023 was so dramatic for the United Methodist Church's splintering.

  8. Free Methodist Church - Wikipedia

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    The cross and flame logo of the Free Methodist Church, created in 1985 by Les Rice under direction of the FMC Board of Bishops. The Free Methodist Church (FMC) is a Methodist Christian denomination within the holiness movement, based in the United States. It is evangelical in nature and is Wesleyan–Arminian in theology.

  9. Alabama United Methodist churches join split from national ...

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    The familiar United Methodist logo of the Cross and the Flame is about to go out for many churches. The Associated Press summed up the reason in a recent report: “The United Methodist Church ...