United Methodist Church | |
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Abbreviation | UMC |
Classification | Christian |
Orientation | Protestant |
Theology | Methodist |
Polity | Connexionalism[1] |
President | Tracy Smith Malone[2] |
Secretary | L. J. Holston[3] |
Annual conferences | 132 |
Episcopal areas | 66 |
Associations | World Council of Churches Churches Uniting in Christ Christian Churches Together National Council of Churches Wesleyan Holiness Consortium Christian Holiness Partnership World Methodist Council |
Founder | John Wesley[4][5] (spiritually) |
Origin | 1968 |
Merger of | The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church |
Separations | New Methodist Conference (2005) Ang Iglesia Metodista sa Pilipinas (2011) Global Methodist Church (2022) |
Congregations | 39,460 (29,746 in the US)[6] |
Members | 9,984,925[6] (5,424,175 in the US[7]) |
Ministers | 83,800 |
Aid organization | United Methodist Committee on Relief |
Secondary schools | 10 |
Tertiary institutions | 109 |
Official website | umc.org |
United Methodist Church | |
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Abbreviation | UMC |
Classification | Christian |
Orientation | Protestant |
Theology | Methodist |
Polity | Connexionalism[1] |
President | Tracy Smith Malone[2] |
Secretary | L. J. Holston[3] |
Annual conferences | 132 |
Episcopal areas | 66 |
Associations | World Council of Churches Churches Uniting in Christ Christian Churches Together National Council of Churches Wesleyan Holiness Consortium Christian Holiness Partnership World Methodist Council |
Founder | John Wesley[4][5] (spiritually) |
Origin | 1968 |
Merger of | The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church |
Separations | New Methodist Conference (2005) Ang Iglesia Metodista sa Pilipinas (2011) Global Methodist Church (2022) |
Congregations | 39,460 (29,746 in the US)[6] |
Members | 9,984,925[6] (5,424,175 in the US[7]) |
Ministers | 83,800 |
Aid organization | United Methodist Committee on Relief |
Secondary schools | 10 |
Tertiary institutions | 109 |
Official website | umc.org |