Methodist Church
Protestant Christian denomination
The Methodist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination emphasizing personal faith, social justice, and methodical devotion—the "method" from which its name derives.
Founded in 18th-century England by John Wesley, it spread widely through evangelical preaching and became especially influential in America.
She was raised in the Methodist Church.
Religious song of praise
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- sermonClergy's worship address
- chapelSmall worship room
- liturgyFormal worship structure
communion · altar · prayer · choir · organ · preaching · hymnody · open table
Wesley's Protestant movement
- circuit riderClergy serving scattered communities
- connexionRelationship or link
- class meetingScheduled student group gathering
- love feastRitual meal expressing fellowship
quadrilateral · prevenient grace · itinerancy · perfectionism · testimony · warm heart · assurance · experience
Organized meeting for discussion
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- superintendentChief administrative official
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- ministerReligious leader or serve
pastor · laity · clergy · elder · deacon · district · synod · annual conference
Formal discontinuation of practice
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- poverty reliefEfforts to reduce destitution
- educationSystematic development of mind
hospitals · missions · outreach · social gospel · prison reform · advocacy · soup kitchen · community service
hymn
Religious song of praise
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- sermonClergy's worship address
- chapelSmall worship room
liturgy · communion · altar · prayer · choir · organ · preaching · hymnody · open table · sacrament
Methodism
Wesley's Protestant movement
- circuit riderClergy serving scattered communities
- connexionRelationship or link
- class meetingScheduled student group gathering
love feast · quadrilateral · prevenient grace · itinerancy · perfectionism · testimony · warm heart · assurance · experience · stewardship
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- superintendentChief administrative official
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
minister · pastor · laity · clergy · elder · deacon · district · synod · annual conference · appointment
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- poverty reliefEfforts to reduce destitution
education · hospitals · missions · outreach · social gospel · prison reform · advocacy · soup kitchen · community service · settlement house
- churchesCatholic cathedrals, chapels, Eastern Orthodox, megachurch, Cologne Cathedral
- religious organizationscongregations, parishes, dioceses, denominations, synods
- DenominationsBaptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic
- Methodist churches
- religious institutionscathedral, temple, synagogue, monastery, convent
- Australasian ChristianitySalvation Army, Pentecostalism, archdiocese, parish life, parishes
Methodist ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Papal Christian institution
Catholic Church · Quakers · Presbyterian Church · Eastern Orthodox Church · Jehovah's Witnesses
Methodist ChurchChurch of England
Britain's state religion
established churches · state churches · Catholic Church · folk religion · secular humanism
method, methods, methodical, methodically, Methodist, Methodists, church, churches, churched