The Global Methodist Church (GM Church, or GMC) is a Methodist denomination within Protestant Christianity subscribing to views consistent with the conservative Confessing Movement.[4][5][6] The denomination is headquartered in the United States and has a presence internationally.[7][8]
The Global Methodist Church was created as a result of a schism with the United Methodist Church, after members departed to erect a denomination seeking to uphold "theological and ethical Christian orthodoxy."[4][9][10] Congregations that left the UMC to form the Global Methodist Church opposed recognition of same-sex marriage and the ordination of non-celibate gay clergy.[10] Its doctrines, which are aligned with Wesleyan-Arminian theology, are contained in the Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline, its Book of Discipline, and in The Catechism of the Global Methodist Church.[11][12][13] As of 2024[update], the church says it is composed of nearly 4,500 congregations and a similar number of pastors.[14]
^"Our Beliefs & Governance". Global Methodist Church. July 6, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
^"The Early Growth of the Global Methodist Church". Making Disciples of Jesus. January 18, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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^ abHodges, Sam (March 22, 2021). "Planned traditionalist Methodist denomination gets name". The Christian Century. Retrieved December 14, 2022. Traditionalists committed to leaving the United Methodist Church have chosen "Global Methodist Church" as the name for the denomination they plan to launch. ... The name "Global Methodist Church" is in the spirit of Methodism founder John Wesley's statement, "The world is my parish," a press release said.
^Hodges, Sam (May 9, 2022). "Traditionalist group not going away". United Methodist News Service. Retrieved December 14, 2022. The WCA took the lead in the creation of a new traditionalist Methodist denomination, the Global Methodist Church, which formally began May 1.
^Zauzmer, Julie (January 3, 2020). "United Methodist Church is expected to split over gay marriage, fracturing the nation's third-largest denomination". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
^Hodges, Sam (April 11, 2022). "Bulgaria-Romania United Methodists vote to leave". United Methodist News Service. Retrieved December 14, 2022. The Bulgaria-Romania Provisional Conference voted to leave The United Methodist Church for the Global Methodist Church, a traditionalist denomination that begins operations May 1.
^Matonga, Forbes (April 15, 2021). "The Latest Developments in the Global UMC and Their Impact on the Church in Africa". PNJ. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^Tooley, Mark (August 17, 2022). "Traditional Methodists Search for New Path Forward". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved December 14, 2022. The 13-million-member United Methodist Church is shattering, and traditionalists are building a new Global Methodist Church committed to theological and ethical Christian orthodoxy.
^ abMatthews, Cabe (August 2, 2022). "The Center Cannot Hold". Firebrand Magazine. Retrieved December 14, 2022. Of course the headline issue is that of human sexuality: should the church maintain the classical understanding of Christianity (and before it, its Judaic mother) on same-gender sexual relationships, or is this traditional view now properly understood as retrograde, oppressive, and offensive? Meanwhile, many traditionalists insist that matters of human sexuality are not their primary concern. Instead, they often suggest that orthodox Christian doctrine is what is at stake. The post-separation UMC, some claim, will not only be progressive in its sexual ethic, it will quickly abandon classical Christian teachings like the virgin birth, the atoning death of Christ, the Trinity, or the bodily resurrection of Christ.
^Vickers, Jason (August 25, 2022). "The Catechism of the Global Methodist Church". Wesleyan Covenant Association. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^Shepherd, Josh (December 7, 2022). "Over 400 TX Congregations Exit United Methodist Church Over LGBTQ Issues". The Roys Report. Retrieved December 14, 2022. Similarly, White's Chapel in Southlake, which has over 6,000 weekly attendance, exited the denomination last month and stated it seeks to uphold "Wesleyan Theology" and "Methodist traditions, rites, and rituals" as it moves forward.
^"Our Beliefs & Governance". Global Methodist Church. July 6, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
^Fenton, Walter (January 31, 2024). "Making Room for Delegates and Others at the Global Methodist Church's Convening General Conference". Global Methodist Church. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
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