Bible Methodist Connection of Churches
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The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches is a
History
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The movement which would become Bible Methodist Connection of Churches began in the mid-18th century within the
In 1735, John and Charles Wesley went to America, hoping to teach the gospel to the
- People are all by nature dead in sin.
- They are justified by faith.
- Faith produces inward and outward holiness.
Very quickly these Methodist clergymen became popular, attracting large congregations.[4]
The first official organization in the United States occurred in
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Though John Wesley originally wanted the Methodists to stay within the Church of England, the American Revolution decisively separated the Methodists in the American colonies from the life and sacraments of the Anglican Church. In 1784, after unsuccessful attempts to have the Church of England send a bishop to start a new Church in the colonies, Wesley decisively appointed fellow priest Thomas Coke as superintendent (bishop) to organize a separate Methodist Society. Together with Coke, Wesley sent The Sunday Service of the Methodists, the first Methodist liturgical text, as well as the Articles of Religion which were received and adopted by the Baltimore Christmas Conference of 1784, officially establishing the Methodist Episcopal Church. The conference was held at the Lovely Lane Methodist Church, considered the Mother Church of American Methodism.[7]
The new Church grew rapidly in the young country as it employed
In 1843, Methodists who favoured abolitionism initiated a schism with the Methodist Episcopal Church, leading to the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.[8] In this new denomination, the "Episcopal form of government inherited from Wesley and Anglicanism, was replaced with a loose connection of societies or churches which characterized the Methodist movement in its earliest days".[8]
In 1943, the General Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church recommended the strengthening of the “central supervisory authority to oversee the work of our Church.”[8] The Wesleyan Methodist Church adopted a proposal in 1966 to merge with the Pilgrim Holiness Church, thus forming the Wesleyan Church; those who strongly disagreed with the merger, as well as the trend of greater centralization, formed the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches.[8][9]
In 1994, the
In 2019, the Pilgrim Nazarene Church merged into the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches.[2]
Educational institutions and camps
The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches operate one Christian school, three family camps, and three youth camps.[10]
Seminarians attend
See also
- Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection
- Bible Methodist Connection of Tennessee
- Primitive Methodist Church
- Interchurch Holiness Convention
References
- ^ ISBN 9780810875913.
- ^ a b "Pilgrim Nazarene Church". Southwest Bible Methodist Connection of Churches. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Connectional Team". Bible Methodist. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ Wesley, John. A Short History of Methodism. Online: "A Short History of Methodism by John Wesley". Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.. Accessed May 1, 2009.
- ^ "Methodists". The American Religious Experience (West Virginia University). Archived from the original on December 30, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
- ^ "Origins: Christmas Conference". Greensboro College. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". Lovely Lane Methodist Church, Baltimore City. Maryland Historical Trust. November 21, 2008.
- ^ a b c d Brown, A. Philip (1995). "The History and Development of Bible Methodism". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ISBN 9781615927388.
The Bible Methodist Connection of Tennessee, the Bible Holiness Church, and the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches were formed as a result of the opposition to the merger of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Pilgrim Holiness Church into the Wesleyan Church (1968).
- ^ ISBN 978-1-5018-2251-3. Retrieved 2022-01-26.