35 Facts About United Methodist

United Methodist Church is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism.

United Methodist Church has a connectional polity, a typical feature of a number of Methodist denominations.

Movement which would become the United Methodist Church began in the mid-18th century within the Church of England.

United Methodist's preaching was legalistic and full of harsh rules, and the congregation rejected him.

United Methodist became a "circuit rider", taking the gospel to the furthest reaches of the new frontier as he had done as a preacher in England.

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The first official organization in the United States occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1784, with the formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Christmas Conference with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the leaders.

The conference was held at the Lovely Lane United Methodist Church, considered the mother church of American Methodism.

St George's United Methodist Church, located at the corner of 4th and New Streets, in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, is the oldest Methodist church in continuous use in the United States, beginning in 1769.

On May 10,2022, the Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church ruled that annual conferences in the United States cannot leave the church for the Global Methodist Church.

United Methodist Church seeks to create disciples for Christ through outreach, evangelism, and through seeking holiness, called sanctification, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The flame in the church logo represents the work of the Holy Spirit in the world, and the two parts of the flame represent the predecessor denominations, the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren, united at the base symbolizing the 1968 merger.

United Methodist knew that for two centuries the succession of bishops in the Church of Alexandria was preserved through ordination by presbyters alone and was considered valid by the Early Church.

United Methodist theology stands at a unique crossroads between evangelical, holiness and sacramental, as well as between liturgical and charismatic, and between Anglo-Catholic and Reformed worship.

The United Methodist Church believes in prima scriptura, seeing the Bible as the primary authority in the Church and using sacred tradition, reason, and experience to interpret it, with the aid of the Holy Spirit.

United Methodist Church allows for a wide range of theological and political beliefs.

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church calls for its bishops to uphold opposition to capital punishment and for governments to enact an immediate moratorium on carrying out the death penalty sentence.

United Methodist Church is opposed to euthanasia and assisted suicide.

The United Methodist tradition opposes the taking of life as an offense against God's sole dominion over life, and an abandonment of hope and humility before God.

United Methodist Church, represented by Bishop Scott Jones of the Texas Annual Conference, on behalf of the Houston Methodist Research Institute, and the Roman Catholic Church, represented by Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, of the Pontifical Academy for Life, signed a "Joint Declaration on the End of Life and Palliative Care", on 17 September 2018, reaffirming the common stance of both denominations in opposing euthanasia.

Nevertheless, the United Methodist Church "implore[s] families and churches not to reject or condemn lesbian and gay members and friends" and commits itself to be in ministry with all persons, affirming that God's grace, love, and forgiveness is available to all.

On May 7,2018, the Council of Bishops in the United Methodist Church proposed allowing individual pastors and regional church bodies to decide whether to ordain LGBT clergy and perform same-sex weddings.

United Methodist Church opposes conscription as incompatible with the teaching of Scripture.

United Methodist Church maintains that war is incompatible with Christ's message and teachings.

Consequently, the United Methodist Church endorses general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.

United Methodist Church includes a variety of approaches to public worship.

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Many larger United Methodist congregations have incorporated more contemporary styles of music and audio-visual technology into some of their worship services, though these churches generally offer more traditional services.

The United Methodist States is divided into five jurisdictions: Northeastern, Southeastern, North Central, South Central and Western.

In many ways, the United Methodist Church operates in a connectional organization of the annual conferences, and actions taken by one conference are not binding upon another.

United Methodist clergy consist of elders, local pastors, associate members and deacons.

The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church directs the local church to offer membership preparation or confirmation classes to all people, including adults.

The United Methodist Church is active in ecumenical relations with other Christian groups and denominations.

At the 2008 General Conference, the United Methodist Church approved full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

United Methodist Church has since 1985 been exploring a possible merger with three historically African-American Methodist denominations: the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

UMC is a member of the Wesleyan Holiness Consortium, which seeks to reconceive and promote Biblical holiness in today's Church, and many United Methodist congregations are members of the Christian Holiness Partnership, with ten percent of local church membership in the Christian Holiness Partnership being from the United Methodist connexion.

On July 18,2006, delegates to the World United Methodist Council voted unanimously to adopt the "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification", which was approved in 1999 by the Vatican and the Lutheran World Federation.