Methodist College is a privatecollege that is supported by the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A private university is a university that is run without the control of any government entity. ... The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... The North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church is a regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese, that serves the eastern half of the state of North Carolina. ... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist, the largest mainline, and, after the Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. ... Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. ...