This summer, Episcopalians, United Methodists and Presbyterians will take up the issue at their individual conventions. |
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Most divided are the moderate Protestant denominations, such as the Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Methodists. |
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The United Church of Canada was created in 1925 by the Methodists, the Congregationalists, and about 60 percent of the Presbyterians in Canada. |
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Other Protestant groups include Methodists, Moravians, Baptists, and Seventh-Day Adventists. |
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The Primitive Methodists accounted for a further thirteen Keighley places of worship. |
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From unassuming beginnings in the 1760s, Wesleyan Methodists had achieved many successes in America by the close of the eighteenth century. |
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Lutherans, Calvinists, Methodists, Baptists and even agnostics have found him deserving. |
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Revivalism flourished as Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians vied for converts. |
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Adventists come in as many shades as Baptists, Pentecostals and Methodists do. |
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Methodists and Anglicans may currently receive communion in each other's churches. |
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I believe Presbyterians and Methodists and Lutherans, too, would recognize it as part of their baggage. |
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The Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Mormons all have impressive emergency relief works after major events. |
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This year is a special year for Methodists as it is the tercentenary of John Wesley's birth. |
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Certainly, the Wesley Connection of Methodists took an overtly antislavery position. |
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And this discomfort isn't limited to Presbyterians and Methodists and Anglicans. |
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It was an all-out attack on the Calvinistic theology embraced by George Whitefield and many other early Methodists. |
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In the West, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists employed revival meetings to evangelize unchurched frontier families. |
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This is not unlike the situation of other Protestant churches, including Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians, to name a few. |
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The General Synod approved a series of measures yesterday to bring Anglicans and Methodists closer together. |
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To their credit, I saw some Methodists speaking to the young lady after the meeting. |
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This united body was still far behind other major Protestant groups such as Presbyterians, Methodists, Congregationalists, and Episcopals. |
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As early as 1882 the Wesleyan Methodists provided regular religious services for the settlers at Johnburgh. |
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In doing this the Methodists may well be returning to what was probably the role of religion for centuries. |
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As early as 2 July 1882 the Primitive Methodists opened their church. |
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Baptists were most prominent, followed by Presbyterians and Methodists. |
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This was also true for the Protestant denominations, including the Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Unitarians, Baptists, and Quakers. |
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You are influenced heavily by John Wesley and the Methodists. |
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During this time, the non-conformist Protestant religions, such as Congregationalists, Methodists and Baptists, were at the forefront of religious evangelism. |
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The Methodists flourished through their system of circuit riders, in which one trained clergy person supervised the work of numerous congregations. |
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Similarly, as elsewhere, those at the forefront of the anti-slavery movement were overwhelmingly Methodists, Presbyterians and other Protestants, and Quakers. |
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We knew that the Methodists were really Anglicans with more money. |
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There are also independent Methodist churches, many of which are affiliated with the Association of Independent Methodists. |
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The Church of the Nazarene, Free Methodists and Wesleyans are Wesleyan Holiness churches. |
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His mother, Mari Lewis, is a devout member of the Calvinistic Methodists and seeks to bring her two boys up in the same faith. |
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The Puritans of New England kept in close touch with nonconformists in England, as did the Quakers and the Methodists. |
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It was from the Primitive Methodists that many early trade unions found their early leaders. |
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About 1795, persecution led the Methodists to take the first step towards separation from the Church of England. |
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The Calvinistic Methodists are intensely national in sentiment and aspirations, beyond all suspicion loyalists. |
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Reflecting Wesleyan covenant theology, Methodists also believe that the Lord's Supper is a sign and seal of the covenant of grace. |
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Preeminently, John Wesley and other early Methodists were at the root of sparking this new movement during the First Great Awakening. |
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American Presbyterians and Methodists arrived in the 1880s and were well received. |
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Most justices have been Protestants, including 36 Episcopalians, 19 Presbyterians, 10 Unitarians, 5 Methodists, and 3 Baptists. |
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The district has a tradition of nonconformity which is reflected in the number of chapels erected by Congregationalists, Baptists and Methodists. |
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Pray to God to save you from the various Jehovists, Adventists, Baptists, Evangelicals, Methodists, and other similar sects. |
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However, most Methodists view apostolic succession outside its high church sense. |
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Camp Hamilton is the Methodist campground, a few miles from Salem, where the Methodists were holding services. |
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The joined together on new issues especially regarding schools and temperance, with the latter of special interest to Methodists. |
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In 1902 the Methodists operated 738 schools, so their children would not have to learn from Anglican teachers. |
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In the 19th century, the Wesleyan Methodist Church experienced many secessions, with the largest of the offshoots being the Primitive Methodists. |
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The Methodists responded vigorously to their critics and thrived despite the attacks against them. |
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Wesley insisted that Methodists regularly attend their local parish church as well as Methodist meetings. |
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Consequently, known Methodists were excluded from the full life of the Church of England. |
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She is best remembered for her adversarial relationships with other Methodists who objected to a woman having power. |
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However the Methodists changed and in the 1880s moved into the Liberal Party, drawn in large part by Gladstone's intense moralism. |
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The Primitive Methodists were poorly funded and had trouble building chapels or schools, and supporting ministers. |
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In 1908 the major three branches were the Wesleyan Methodists, the Primitive Methodists and the United Methodists. |
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Methodists annually follow the call of John Wesley for a renewal of their covenant with God. |
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A summary of Methodist doctrine is contained in the Catechism for the Use of the People Called Methodists. |
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Methodists saw alcoholic beverages, and alcoholism, as the root of many social ills and tried to persuade people to abstain from these. |
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Under Wesley's direction, Methodists became leaders in many social issues of the day, including prison reform and the abolition of slavery. |
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From 1739 onward, Wesley and the Methodists were persecuted by clergy and magistrates for various reasons. |
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In 1778, Wesley began the publication of The Arminian Magazine, not, he said, to convince Calvinists, but to preserve Methodists. |
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In Scotland, the Presbyterians played a similar role to the Nonconformist Methodists, Baptists and other groups in England and Wales. |
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They included 60 Primitive Methodists, 48 Baptists, 40 Congregationalists, and 15 Wesleyan Methodists. |
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Some Presbyterian churches have entered into unions with other churches, such as Congregationalists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Methodists. |
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However, Whitefield and several others were considered Calvinistic Methodists and held to the Calvinistic position. |
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John Wesley is studied by Methodists for his interpretation of church practice and doctrine. |
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Wesleyan Methodists identify with the Arminian conception of free will, as opposed to the theological determinism of absolute predestination. |
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Collectively the European or Eurasian regions of the UMC constitute over 100,000 Methodists. |
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British Methodists, in particular the Primitive Methodists, took a leading role in the temperance movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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After World War I, the 1919 Weimar Constitution allowed Methodists to worship freely and many new chapels were established. |
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When Nathaniel Gilbert died in 1774 his work in Antigua was continued by his brother Francis Gilbert to approximately 200 Methodists. |
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In the summer of 1818 the first place of public worship was erected for the Wesleyan Methodists in York, later Toronto. |
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In 1884, most Canadian Methodists were brought under the umbrella of the Methodist Church, Canada. |
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Methodists were often involved in the Missionary Awakening and the Social Gospel Movement. |
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While other pedobaptist denominations abounded in America, it was the proximity of the Methodists that caused Baptists to despise them so. |
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At that time, the Free Churches included the Methodists, Baptists, United Reformed and Pentecostalists. |
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The second largest are the Methodists, the largest denominations are the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. |
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By the 1760s, dissenting Protestants, especially Baptists and Methodists, were growing rapidly and started challenging the Anglicans for moral leadership. |
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Peter Williams, a forceful preacher, and an indefatigable worker, who had joined the Methodists in 1746, after being driven from several curacies. |
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Methodists, Baptists and the United Reformed Church are also represented, alongside newer church groups including Elim Pentecostal and Newfrontiers. |
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Baptists, Quakers, and Methodists are organized in a similar way. |
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Other denominations included Baptists, Congregationalists, and Methodists. |
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On 26 June 2009, Methodists celebrated the 120th year since Methodism arrived in Czarist Russia by erecting a new Methodist centre in Saint Petersburg. |
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Methodists hold that sacraments are sacred acts of divine institution. |
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Parliament had imposed a series of disabilities on Nonconformists, Including Methodists, Congregationalists, Unitarians, Quakers and Presbyterians outside Scotland. |
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Wesley adapted the Book of Common Prayer for use by American Methodists. |
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It is also used by Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists. |
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In 1787, Coke and Asbury persuaded the American Methodists to refer to them as bishops rather than superintendents, overruling Wesley's objections to the change. |
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Wesley ordained Thomas Coke as superintendent of Methodists in the United States by the laying on of hands, although Coke was already a priest in the Church of England. |
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During the 20th century Methodists increasingly embraced socialism. |
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They joined together on new issues especially supporting temperance and opposing the Education Act 1902, with the former of special interest to Methodists. |
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In general the conversion efforts were only modestly successful, but reports back to Britain did have an influence in shaping how Methodists understood the wider world. |
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Hughes played a key role in leading Methodists into the Liberal Party coalition, away from the Conservative leanings of previous Methodist leaders. |
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The Methodists were methodical in collecting statistics on membership. |
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Built in 1826 for the Calvinistic Methodists of Lady Huntington, the Carey Baptist church, on Pole Street, was formerly known as St Paul's Chapel. |
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Tishani's mother's family were Welsh speaking Methodists, while her father's Gujarati speaking family followed Jainism, an Indian religion prescribing non-violence. |
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Methodists were active along with Presbyterians and Baptists. |
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