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Estonian Methodist Church
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationMethodism
PolityConnexional (modified episcopal polity)
Bishopvacant
SuperintendentRobert Tšerenkov [1]
AssociationsWorld Methodist Council,
World Council of Churches,
Conference of European Churches,
Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
RegionEstonia
FounderVassili Täht, Karl Kuum
Origin9 June 1907
Kuressaare, Saaremaa
Congregations26
Members1,642 (2012)
Official websitemetodistikirik.ee

Estonian Methodist Church (formerly also United Methodist Church in Estonia; Estonian: Eesti Metodisti Kirik) is a Methodist church organisation in Estonia. Until 1 July 2023, when it severed its ties to the United Methodist Church, it belonged regionally to the Northern Europe and Eurasia Central Conference of the United Methodist Church and to the United Methodist Church Nordic and Baltic Episcopal Area. On the world level it is a member of the World Methodist Council.

Currently it has 26 congregations.[2] It operates a theological seminary in Tallinn and a number of other ministries. Its official publication is the magazine Koduteel.[3]

According to the 2011 census there were 1,098 Methodists in Estonia. According to the statistics from the Estonian Council of Churches, based on the numbers submitted by the member churches, there were 1,642 Methodists in 2012, served by 33 pastors and 1 deacon.[4]

  1. ^ Robert Tšerenkov
  2. ^ Churches in UMC Estonia United Methodist Church in Estonia. Retrieved 17 December 2019
  3. ^ Ministries United Methodist Church in Estonia. Retrieved 17 December 2019
  4. ^ "Usuliste ühenduste statistika" (PDF). Siseministeerium (in Estonian). 1 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

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