METHODISTS Definition & Meaning

Methodists

A Protestant denomination founded by the English clergyman John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in the eighteenth century. Methodists are generally flexible in doctrine and in church organization, and stress the social responsibility of Christians (see also Christian ). Next to the Baptists , Methodists are the most numerous group of Protestants in the United States.

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Pacific Palisades, founded by Methodists, was a “Christian community” with modern amenities “where the mountains met the coast.”

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The United Methodists counted 5.4 million U.S. members in 2022 — less than half their 1960s peak, and the recent departure of about 7,600 mostly conservative congregations will lower that number further.

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April 23 to May 3, 2024 United Methodists dismantle their denomination’s anti-LGBTQ policies and teachings, including lifting bans on same-sex marriage and gay clergy.

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The question is particularly acute in Africa, home to the vast majority of United Methodists outside the U.S.

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Neither United Methodists nor Free Methodists specifically condemn IVF in their church doctrines.

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