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Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. [1] George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement.
The Methodist Protestant Church (MPC) is a Methodist denomination of Christianity that is based in the United States.It was formed in 1828 by former members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, being Wesleyan in doctrine and worship, but adopting congregational governance.
Memorial to John Wesley and Charles Wesley in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley.
Amid the decline of nearly all U.S. Protestant denominations, both liberal and conservative, the new Global Methodist Church (GMC) has emerged and last week convened its first governing general ...
[253] [254] [255] Some Protestant Eastern Churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant Churches. [253] [256] However, Protestant Eastern Christianity within itself, does not constitute a single communion. This is due to the diverse polities, practices, liturgies and orientations of the denominations which fall under this category.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [8] 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.
As of June 2023, more than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of ...
The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself nationally. [4]