Methodist bodies
Methodist bodies
Originating from a Protestant sect organized under John Wesley, 1744, including all religious bodies which came into existence through the efforts of John and Charles Wesley. They formulated their Articles of Religion from the thirty-nine articles of the Church of England . The Apostles Creed is the only accepted formal creed. The Methodists rejected the “stricter doctrines of Calvinism , predestination, and reprobation,” and accepted “the milder emphasis of Arminianism on repentance, faith, and holiness.” In America the church government emphasized the superintendency, which was a form of episcopacy . The different Methodist bodies are as follows:
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregational Methodist Church
Free Methodist Church of North America
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Primitive Methodist Church
Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church (Colored)
Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church (Colored)
Union American Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesleyan Methodist
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