"Wesleyan" has been used in the title of a number of historic and current denominations, although the subject of this article is the denomination titled "The Wesleyan Church". For a list of other denominations with Wesleyan in their title, please see Wesleyan Church (disambiguation).
The Wesleyan Church
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
Holiness Methodist
Polity
Connexionalism
Associations
Christian Holiness Partnership, National Association of Evangelicals, Wesleyan Holiness Connection, World Methodist Council
Region
Worldwide
Headquarters
Fishers, Indiana, U.S.
Founder
Orange Scott
Origin
1843 Utica, New York, U.S.
Separated from
Methodist Episcopal Church
Merger of
Standard Church of America (2003)
Separations
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (1968)[1] Bible Methodist Connection of Churches (1968)[2] Bible Methodist Connection of Tennessee (1968)[2] Pilgrim Holiness Church of the Midwest (1970)[3]
Congregations
5,800 (1,731 in North America)
Members
516,203 (231,339 in North America)
Official website
www.wesleyan.org
The Wesleyan Church, also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Wesleyan Holiness Church depending on the region, is a Methodist Christian denomination in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Indonesia, and Australia. The church is aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement and has roots in the teachings of John Wesley. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian doctrine and is a member of the World Methodist Council.
Near the end of 2014, the Wesleyan Church had grown to an average of 516,203 adherents weekly in around 5,800 churches worldwide, and was active in almost 100 nations. In 2017, there were 140,954 members in 1,607 congregations in North America, and an average worship attendance of 239,842.[4]
Wesleyan Life is the official publication. Global Partners is the official non-profit missions organization. The Wesleyan Church world headquarters are in Fishers, Indiana, United States.
^Kurian, George Thomas; Lamport, Mark A. (10 November 2016). Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 9781442244320. The merger between the Wesleyan methodist Church and the Pilgrim Holiness Church passed unanimously. The newly formed denomination took the name 'The Wesleyan Church.' The Allegheny Conference refused to join the merged group.
^ abLewis, James R. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books, Publishers. p. 356. 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).
^Piepkorn, Arthur Carl (1979). Profiles in belief: the religious bodies of the United States,Canada and Brasil. Harper & Row. p. 59. ISBN 9780060665814.
^Vernon, Janelle (May 7, 2018). "General Board celebrates 50 years of The Wesleyan Church". The Wesleyan Church. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
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