Methodists
Protestant church members
Methodists are members of Protestant Christian denominations that trace their origins to John Wesley's 18th-century movement within the Church of England.
The name comes from the methodical approach Wesley and his followers took to Bible study and religious practice.
Methodist churches emphasize personal faith, social justice, and structured spiritual discipline: The Methodists built the first church in town.
The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination in America.
Of Methodist tradition
- circuit riderClergy serving scattered communities
- itinerancyHabitual movement between places
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- class meetingScheduled student group gathering
connexion · quadrilateral · prevenient grace · perfection · assurance · episcopal · camp meeting · love feast
Religious song of praise
- sermonClergy's worship address
- prayerAddress to deity
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- chapelSmall worship room
altar call · preaching · communion · sacrament · sanctuary · pulpit · benediction · scripture
Promoting beliefs to others
- outreachProactive community assistance
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- social gospelProtestant reform movement addressing inequality
- revivalReturn after decline
conversion · tent meeting · Great Awakening · abolition · education · settlement house · foreign missions · temperance movement
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- class leaderStudent representing their peers
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- laityNon-ordained church members
steward · trustee · circuit · parish · membership · small group · Sunday school · women's auxiliary
Making someone or something sacred
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
spiritual discipline · temperance · holy living · prayer life · fasting · spiritual growth · moral discipline · abstinence
Wesleyan
Of Methodist tradition
- circuit riderClergy serving scattered communities
- itinerancyHabitual movement between places
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
class meeting · connexion · quadrilateral · prevenient grace · perfection · assurance · episcopal · camp meeting · love feast
hymn
Religious song of praise
chapel · altar call · preaching · communion · sacrament · sanctuary · pulpit · benediction · scripture · psalm
evangelism
Promoting beliefs to others
- outreachProactive community assistance
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- social gospelProtestant reform movement addressing inequality
revival · conversion · tent meeting · Great Awakening · abolition · education · settlement house · foreign missions · temperance movement · prison ministry
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- class leaderStudent representing their peers
- societyOrganized communal human existence
laity · steward · trustee · circuit · parish · membership · small group · Sunday school · women's auxiliary · youth group
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
godliness · spiritual discipline · temperance · holy living · prayer life · fasting · spiritual growth · moral discipline · abstinence · earnestness
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- ChristiansCatholics, Catholic, Protestants, Protestant, Baptist
- Free ChurchesBaptists, Quakers, Mennonites, Anabaptists, Brethren
- ChristianityJesus, Bible, Christ, God, Jesus Christ
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
MethodistsCalvinists
Followers of Geneva's reformer
Catholics · Eastern Orthodox · Roman Catholics · Russian Orthodox · Greek Orthodox
Methodistsatheists
Those without religious faith
antitheists · secularists · agnostics · humanists · materialists
- 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