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Wesleyan Methodist Church (United States)

Index Wesleyan Methodist Church (United States)

The Wesleyan Methodist Church was a Methodist denomination in the United States organized on May 13, 1841. [1]

18 relations: Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, Connexionalism, Ecclesiastical polity, Holiness movement, John Wesley, List of Methodist denominations, Methodism, Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan, New York (state), Orange Scott, Pilgrim Holiness Church, Primitive Methodist Church, Religious denomination, Slavery, Utica, New York, Wesleyan Church.

Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection

The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, originally the Wesleyan Methodist Church (Allegheny Conference), and also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church, is a Methodist denomination within the conservative holiness movement primarily based in the United States, with missions in Peru, Ghana, and Haiti.

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Bible Methodist Connection of Churches

The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches is a Methodist denomination within the conservative holiness movement.

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Connexionalism

Connexionalism, or connectionalism, is the theological understanding and foundation of Methodist ecclesiastical polity, as practised in the Methodist Church of Great Britain, the Methodist Church in Ireland, the American United Methodist Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by missionaries sent out from these churches.

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Ecclesiastical polity

Ecclesiastical polity is the operational and governance structure of a church or of a Christian denomination.

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Holiness movement

The Holiness movement involves a set of beliefs and practices which emerged within 19th-century Methodism.

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John Wesley

John Wesley (2 March 1791) was an English cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, founded Methodism.

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List of Methodist denominations

This is a list of Methodist denominations including those affiliated with the World Methodist Council, as well as those who are not, the latter of which have been indicated by a parenthetical.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Methodist Episcopal Church

The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Orange Scott

Orange Scott (February 13, 1800 – July 31, 1847), was a Methodist Episcopal minister, Presiding Elder, and District President.

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Pilgrim Holiness Church

Pilgrim Holiness Church or ' International Apostolic Holiness Church ' is a religious denomination associated with the holiness movement that split from the Methodist Episcopal Church by Martin Wells Knapp in 1897.

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Primitive Methodist Church

The Primitive Methodist Church is a body of Holiness Christians within the Methodist tradition, which began in England in the early 19th century, with the influence of American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834).

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Religious denomination

A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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Utica, New York

Utica is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States.

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Wesleyan Church

The Wesleyan Church is a holiness Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Indonesia, Asia, and Australia.

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Redirects here:

Wesleyan Methodist Church (America).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Methodist_Church_(United_States)

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