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United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide Mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in Africa, the Philippines, Europe, and the United States claiming 10 million members, and is 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…

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Abbreviation
UMC
Aid organization
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Annual conferences
132
Associations
World Council of Churches Churches Uniting in Christ Christian Churches Together National Council of Churches Wesleyan Holiness Consortium Christian Holiness Partnership World M…
Classification
Mainline Protestant
Congregations
39,460 (29,746 in the US)

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United Methodist Church

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United Methodist Church

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related to Further reading · 115
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related to Church origins · 35
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related to Full Communion · 34
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related to 1939 merger and the Central Jurisdiction in the Methodist Church · 33
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related to Membership trends · 30
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related to Ecumenical relations · 29
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related to Saints · 28
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related to Characterization of Wesleyan theology · 26
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related to Diversity within beliefs · 23
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United Methodist ChurchAbbreviationUMC1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchAid organizationUnited Methodist Committee on Relief1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchAnnual conferences1321.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchAssociationsWorld Council of Churches Churches Uniting in Christ Christian Churches Together National Council of Churches Wesleyan Holiness Consortium Christian Holiness Partnership World M…1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchClassificationMainline Protestant1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchCongregations39,460 (29,746 in the US)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchEpiscopal areas661.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFounderJohn Wesley (spiritually)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionPCS (since 1922)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionEKD (since 1987)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionELCA (since 2009)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionAME (since 2012)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionAMEZ (since 2012)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionCMEC (since 2012)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionAUMPC (since 2012)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionUAMEC (since 2012)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchFull communionMoravians (since 2018)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchMembers9,984,925 worldwide (5,040,619 total members in US, 3,988,810 professing members in the US)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchMerger ofThe Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchMinisters83,800[citation needed]1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchOfficial websiteumc.org1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchOrientationMethodist1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchOrigin19681.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchPolityConnexional1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchPresidentRuben Saenz, Jr.1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchScriptureProtestant Bible1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchSecondary schools101.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchSecretaryL. J. Holston1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchSeparationsNew Methodist Conference (2005) Ang Iglesia Metodista sa Pilipinas (2011) Global Methodist Church (2022) The Foundry Network (2022) Methodist Collegiate Church (2023)1.00infobox
United Methodist ChurchTertiary institutions109[citation needed]1.00infobox

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