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United Methodism’s global nature, with millions of church members in Africa, long kept it from liberalizing on sexuality issues, as other Mainline Protestant denominations did years ago.
The Global Methodist Church (GM Church, or GMC) is a Methodist denomination within Protestant Christianity subscribing to views that were propounded by the conservative Confessing Movement. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The denomination is headquartered in the United States and has a presence internationally.
Most departing UMC congregations, however, are banding together in the newly constituted Global Methodist Church. This new Methodist tent, while still smaller than the UMC, is quickly growing.
The Global Methodist Church consists of a large number of traditionalists, including those aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. [99] The Book of Discipline of the Global Methodist Church thus teaches that "a life of holiness or 'entire sanctification' should be the goal of each individual’s journey with God."
Over 4,000 have so far joined the new Global Methodist Church (GMC), which is committed to traditional Christian theology and ethics, including sexuality. Perhaps as many as 5,000-6,000 churches ...
The seminary was located in New Brighton, Minnesota, from its 1962 opening until 2019, when it moved to St. Paul. Like the UCC itself, United reflects the merging of two denominational backgrounds: Mission House was related to the Evangelical and Reformed Church , while Yankton was one of the numerous schools affiliated with the Congregational ...
Since its May 2022 launch, the Global Methodist Church will have admitted by the new year 4,605 total churches, established 23 regional conferences, and formally partnered with eight theological ...
In the 1980s, missionary work of a Methodist church in Agen led to new initiatives in Fleurance and Mont de Marsan. [198] Methodism exists today in France under various names. The best-known is the Union of Evangelical Methodist Churches (French: l'Union de l'Eglise Evangélique Méthodiste) or UEEM. It is an autonomous regional conference of ...