Immanuel Missionary Church
Immanuel Missionary Church | |
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Classification | Methodism |
Orientation | Conservative holiness movement |
Polity | Connexionalism |
Associations | Interchurch Holiness Convention |
Origin | June 1936 |
Separated from | Pilgrim Holiness Church |
The Immanuel Missionary Church (IMC) is a
The formation of the Immanuel Missionary Church is a part of the
The Immanuel Missionary Church originally had two districts, an Eastern District and Western District.[3] In 2015, the Western District of Immanuel Missionary Church merged with God's Missionary Church, while the Eastern District of Immanuel Missionary Church unanimously voted not to do so citing the desire to uphold its traditional holiness standards as well as the Holiness Methodist Pacifist doctrine of nonresistance, which it sees as being given by Jesus.[3]
The Immanuel Missionary Church was affiliated with Peoples Bible College in Colorado Springs until its closure in May 1994.[5] The choir of God's Bible School and College is noted to tour at Immanuel Missionary Church congregations.[6]
The official
With respect to ecumenism, some members of the Immanuel Missionary Church participate in the Interchurch Holiness Convention.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Thornton, Jr., Wallace (2008). Behavioral Standards, Embourgeoisement, and the Formation of the Conservative Holiness Movement. Wesleyan Theological Society. p. 178.
- ^ Drury, Keith (20 October 2009). "Pilgrim Holiness History - 1936". Drury Writing. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Handel, Paul (2015). "The Immanuel Missionary Church". The Immanuel Missionary. 76 (1). Immanuel Missionary Church: 1, 4–6.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-6318-7.
- ^ a b c Gault, Ralph (2015). A Brief History of Peoples Bible College. Emmanuel Association of Churches. p. 44.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b "College Choir Western Tour". God's Revivalist. 126 (4). God's Bible School and College: 11. 2014.
- ^ Reasoner, Victor Paul (1994). The Spirit and Sanctification: Changes Within American Wesleyanism. Asbury Theological Seminary. p. 14.
Further reading
- Discipline of the Immanuel Missionary Church. Shoals: Immanuel Missionary Church. 1986.
- Ewing, C. Clair.; Ewing, Charles Wesley (1993). Divorce-Remarriage: Re-examined Scripturally. Indianapolis: Evangelist of Truth.