United Methodist Church
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The United Methodist Church is a worldwide Mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in Africa, the Philippines, Europe, and the United States claiming 10 million members, and is a major part o
Statue of John Wesley in Savannah, Georgia, where he served as a missionary
Barratt's Chapel, built in 1780, is the oldest Methodist church in the United States built for that purpose. The church was a meeting place of Asbury and Coke.
The ordination of Bishop Francis Asbury by Bishop Thomas Coke at the Christmas Conference establishing the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1784
19th-century Methodist hymnal, Barratt's Chapel
Wesleyan theology
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Wesleyan theology, also known as Wesleyan-Arminian theology or Wesleyan Methodist theology, is a Protestant theological tradition based upon the ministry and writings of the 18th-century English evang
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…of John and Charles Wesley in England, as well as the Great Awakening in the United States. As such, the church's theological orientation is decidedly Wesleyan. It embraces liturgical worship, holiness, and evangelical elements. According to its Book of Discipline, "The mission of the Church is to make disciples…
James Arminius, Krzysztof Lubieniecki, c. 1705.
John Wesley, George Romney, 1789.
Wesleyan theology teaches the doctrine of unlimited atonement, holding that Christ died for all humanity.
John Wesley open-air preaching to a crowd gathered at Epworth