The Evangelical Methodist Church is a Christian Demonination headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The denomination currently has churches in the United States, Mexico, and Myanmar. A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as Christ. ...
The Evangelical Methodist Church was established 1946 as the result of a prayer meeting where clergy and lay-people gathered in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. J.H. Hamblen was elected chairman of the meeting in Memphis and as the first General Superintendent at the organizational conference in November of that year. With a firm conviction that the gulf that separates conservative and liberal thought in the church is an ever-widening chasm which can never be healed, the Evangelical Methodist Church came into being to preserve the distinctive Biblical doctrines of primitive Methodism. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The River City, The Bluff City, M-Town Location Location in Shelby County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Tennessee Shelby County Mayor W. W. Herenton (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 294. ... Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
Dr. Edward W. Williamson is currently the General Superintendent of the EMC.
The EvangelicalMethodistChurch is congregational in that local church property ownership and the call of a pastor are vested in the local congregation.
The denomination is connectional in that each local congregation agrees to be governed by the Discipline of the EvangelicalMethodistChurch and to participate in the Annual, District, and General Conferences by sending delegates.
The First EvangelicalMethodistChurch of Parkersburg was originally organized in 1940 as a result of a tent revival held on Pike Street near the community building.