United Methodist Church
Major Protestant denomination
The United Methodist Church is a mainline Protestant denomination formed in 1968 through the merger of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
It traces its roots to John Wesley's 18th-century revival movement emphasizing personal faith and social holiness.
The denomination has experienced significant division over LGBTQ+ inclusion, leading to widespread congregational departures since 2019.
Wesley's Protestant movement
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- WesleyanOf Methodist tradition
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- annual conferenceRecurring yearly organizational gathering
general conference · jurisdiction · district · circuit · episcopacy · bishop · clergy · laity
Religious song collection
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- altarSacred ritual table
- sermonClergy's worship address
preaching · communion · choir · pastor · congregation · psalms · gospel · pulpit
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- fellowship hallChurch social gathering space
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
- small groupsLimited gatherings of people
Sunday school · missions · outreach · youth group · women's ministry · service · volunteers · homecoming
Effortless beauty of motion
- prevenient graceDivine help before conversion
- justificationReason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- traditionCustom passed through generations
reason · experience · Trinity · sacraments · baptism · communion · atonement · salvation
Fair distribution of opportunities
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- activismDirect effort for reform
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- equalitySame status for all
progressive · schism · disaffiliation · human sexuality · liberation · peacemaking · poverty · advocacy
Methodism
Wesley's Protestant movement
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- WesleyanOf Methodist tradition
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
annual conference · general conference · jurisdiction · district · circuit · episcopacy · bishop · clergy · laity · ordination
hymnal
Religious song collection
sermon · preaching · communion · choir · pastor · congregation · psalms · gospel · pulpit · kneeling
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- fellowship hallChurch social gathering space
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
small groups · Sunday school · missions · outreach · youth group · women's ministry · service · volunteers · homecoming · revival
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- prevenient graceDivine help before conversion
- justificationReason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
tradition · reason · experience · Trinity · sacraments · baptism · communion · atonement · salvation · covenant
social justice
Fair distribution of opportunities
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- activismDirect effort for reform
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
equality · progressive · schism · disaffiliation · human sexuality · liberation · peacemaking · poverty · advocacy · temperance
- Methodist churches
- United Churches
- churchesCatholic cathedrals, chapels, Eastern Orthodox, megachurch, Cologne Cathedral
- religious organizationscongregations, parishes, dioceses, denominations, synods
- Methodist churchclass meetings
- MethodismWesley, Methodism, circuit rider, Wesleyan, class meetings
United Methodist ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Papal Christian institution
Eastern Orthodox Church · Southern Baptist Convention · Quakers · Amish · Greek Orthodox Church
United Methodist Churchatheism
Rejection of deities
secular humanism · antitheism · Islam · Judaism · Hinduism
united, Methodist, church, unites, uniting, unions, reunite, reunited, disunite