Methodism
Systematic Protestant faith
Methodism is a Protestant Christian movement emphasizing personal faith, disciplined spiritual practice, and social action.
Founded in 18th-century England by John Wesley, it stressed methodical devotion—hence the name.
Methodists historically organized into small groups for prayer and accountability.
The tradition spread widely, especially in America, and encompasses several denominations today: She was raised in the Methodist church.
Scheduled student group gathering
- love feastRitual meal expressing fellowship
- itinerancyHabitual movement between places
- camp meetingOutdoor religious assembly
- quarterly meetingAssembly held four times yearly
testimony · accountability · small group · fasting · altar call · stewardship · tithe
Of Methodist tradition
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- evangelicalZealously advocating beliefs
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- CalvinistPredestination theology adherent
Anglican · Baptist · Lutheran · Presbyterian · Pentecostal · Quaker · Episcopalian · Moravian
Making someone or something sacred
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- prevenient graceDivine help before conversion
- justificationReason proving rightness
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
free will · atonement · salvation · redemption · conversion · regeneration · quadrilateral · tradition
Movement to end oppression
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- social gospelProtestant reform movement addressing inequality
- educationSystematic development of mind
- prison reformEfforts to improve incarceration
labor rights · suffrage · charity · missions · Sunday school · settlement houses · poverty relief · orphanages
Vocalizing religious songs
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- sermonClergy's worship address
- chapelSmall worship room
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
communion · sacrament · liturgy · prayer · choir · psalms · sanctuary · altar
class meeting
Scheduled student group gathering
- love feastRitual meal expressing fellowship
- itinerancyHabitual movement between places
- camp meetingOutdoor religious assembly
quarterly meeting · testimony · accountability · small group · fasting · altar call · stewardship · tithe
Wesleyan
Of Methodist tradition
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- evangelicalZealously advocating beliefs
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
Calvinist · Anglican · Baptist · Lutheran · Presbyterian · Pentecostal · Quaker · Episcopalian · Moravian · Adventist
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- prevenient graceDivine help before conversion
- justificationReason proving rightness
assurance · free will · atonement · salvation · redemption · conversion · regeneration · quadrilateral · tradition · reason
abolitionism
Movement to end oppression
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- social gospelProtestant reform movement addressing inequality
- educationSystematic development of mind
prison reform · labor rights · suffrage · charity · missions · Sunday school · settlement houses · poverty relief · orphanages · hospitals
hymn singing
Vocalizing religious songs
congregation · communion · sacrament · liturgy · prayer · choir · psalms · sanctuary · altar · lectern
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- districtBounded administrative area
- superintendentChief administrative official
bishop · minister · pastor · deacon · elder · laity · steward · ordination · connexion · general conference
George Whitefield
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- Victorian TheologyOxford Movement, Tractarianism, Newman, biblical criticism, evangelicalism
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- ProtestantismLutheran, Protestantism, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheranism
MethodismPentecostalism
Spirit-focused Christian denomination
atheism · secularism · irreligion · charismatic worship · Catholicism
Methodismatheism
Rejection of deities
secularism · secular humanism · agnosticism · materialism · irreligion
- United Methodist ChurchProtestant denomination from Wesley's movement
- United MethodistWesleyan Protestant denomination
- Methodist churchesProtestant denomination's worship buildings
- Methodist ChurchProtestant denomination from Wesley
- Methodist ministerProtestant clergy in Wesley's tradition
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