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Christian movements are theological, political, or philosophical intepretations of Christianity that are not generally represented by a specific church, sect, or denomination. ... Christian ecumenism is the promotion of unity or cooperation between distinct religious groups or denominations of the Christian religion, more or less broadly defined. ... The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784. Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke were the first bishops. The Christmas Conference was an historic founding conference of the newly independent Methodists within the United States held just after the American Revolution in Baltimore, Maryland in 1784. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Francis Asbury (1745-1816) was born at Handsworth, near Birmingham, England of Methodist parents. ... Thomas Coke (1747–1814) was born in the Welsh town of Brecon, the son of a wealthy apothecary. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Circuit riders, many of whom were laymen, traveled by horseback to preach the gospel and establish churches until there is scarcely any crossroad community in the United States without a Methodist expression of Christianity. A circuit rider is a concept from the history of American Methodism. ... In religious organizations , the laity comprises all lay persons, i. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... Church in Villach, Austria. ... The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as Jesus Christ, as recounted in the New Testament. ... The earliest forms of Methodism were originally referred to not as a church at all, but a "connexion" because members were expected to seek the sacraments (before the American Revolutionary War at any rate) in the Church of England or Anglican Church. In addition to salaried circuit riders (who were paid just over one-quarter what salaried Congregationalist ministers earned at the time), there were also unsalaried local ministers who held full-time jobs outside the church, class leaders who conducted weekly small groups where members were mutually accountable for their practice of Christian piety, and stewards who often undertook administrative duties. A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine grace. ... 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Adherents, unlike members, were not publically accountable for their Christian life and therefore did not usually attend weekly class meetings. Meetings and services were often characterized by extremely emotional and demonstrative styles of worship that were often condemned by contemporary Congregationalists. It was also very common for exhortations - testamonials and personal conversion narratives distinguishable from sermons because exhorters did not "take a text" from the Bible - to be publicly delivered by both women and slaves. Some of the earliest class leaders were also women. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... 1850 Census map shows very widespread and uniform distribution The church split over the question of slavery in 1844 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South being formed in southern states. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (549x761, 118 KB) Summary 1850 US Census map of Methodist churches Licensing This image is in the public domain in the United States. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (549x761, 118 KB) Summary 1850 US Census map of Methodist churches Licensing This image is in the public domain in the United States. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Methodist Episcopal Church, South was the so-called Southern Methodist Church resulting from the split in the Methodist Episcopal Church which had been brewing over several years until it came out into the open at a conference held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1845. ... In the late 1840s, separate Conferences were formed for German-speaking members of the Methodist Episcopal Church who were not members of the Evangelical United Brethren (EUB). Among these was the St. Louis German Conference, which in 1925 was assimilated into the surrounding English-speaking conferences, including the Illinois Conference. The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that confer about a certain topic. ... The Evangelical United Brethren was an American Protestant church which was formed in 1946 by the merger of the Evangelical Association with the United Brethren in Christ. ... In 1939 the two branches, together with the Methodist Protestant Church, united to form the Methodist Church. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Methodist Protestant Church was officially formed in 1828 as a church that was Wesleyan in doctrine, but rejected the episcopacy. ... In 1968 the Methodist Church united with the Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) church, which were spiritual descendents of German-speaking Methodists, to form the United Methodist Church. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Evangelical United Brethren was an American Protestant church which was formed in 1946 by the merger of the Evangelical Association with the United Brethren in Christ. ... 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. ... There are many offshoots of the original Methodist Episcopal Church in the US. For more detail see: Methodism. The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Categories: Methodism | Christian evangelicalism | 1784 establishments | United Methodism

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