The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both Mainline (Protestant) and Evangelical. It traces its roots back to the holiness, revival movement of the brothers John and Charles Wesley within the Anglican Church. As such, the church's theological orientation is decidedly Wesleyan. It contains both liturgical and evangelical elements. In the United States, it ranks as the largest mainline denomination, the second l...
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The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both Mainline (Protestant) and Evangelical. It traces its roots back to the holiness, revival movement of the brothers John and Charles Wesley within the Anglican Church. As such, the church's theological orientation is decidedly Wesleyan. It contains both liturgical and evangelical elements. In the United States, it ranks as the largest mainline denomination, the second largest Protestant church after the Southern Baptist Convention, and the third largest Christian denomination. As of 2007, worldwide membership was about 12 million: 8.0 million in the United States and Canada, 3.5 million in Africa, Asia and Europe. It is a member of the World Council of Churches, the World Methodist Council, and other religious associations.
The movement which would become the Methodist Church began in the mid-1700s as a movement within the Church of England. A small group of students formed a group on the Oxford University...
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