Methodist New Connexion was a Protestant nonconformist church, also known as the Kilhamite Methodists. It was formed in 1797 by secession from the Wesleyan Methodists, and merged in 1907 with the Bible Christian Church and the United Methodist Free Churches to form the United Methodist Church. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... A nonconformist is an English or Welsh Protestant of any non-Anglican denomination, chiefly advocating religious liberty. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Wesley can refer to: Given name Wesley Burlingham, Tulane philosopher/Modern-Medieval troubadour Eugene Wesley Roddenberry, American scriptwriter and producer Wesley Royer, a not-very-well-known-at-all webmaster who has 2 websites that are not listed here. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist church. ... 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. ...

The secession was led by Alexander Kilham, and resulted from a dispute regarding the position and rights of the laity. In 1791, Kilham denounced the Methodist conference for giving too much power to the ministers of the church, at the expense of the laity. The Plan of Pacification adopted by the conference in 1795 further entrenched his position, and Kilham was expelled from the conference in 1797. Alexander Kilham (July 20, 1762 - 1798), English Methodist, was born at Epworth, Lincolnshire. ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... In religious organizations, the laity comprises all lay persons collectively. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Kilham formed New Connexion, based around his church in Sheffield. It thrived, and soon spread across Britain. At its conferences, ministers and laymen were of equal number, the laymen being chosen by the circuits and in some cases by guardian representatives elected for life by conference. Otherwise the doctrines and order of the Connexion were the same as those of the Wesleyans, although some Wesleyans accused Kilham of revolutionary sympathies and links with Tom Paine. For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737–June 8, 1809) was a widely recognized intellectual, scholar, and idealist who is considered to be one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ...

At the time of the union in 1907, the Methodist New Connexion had some 250 ministers and 45,000 members.

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The Penguin Dictionary of British History, Ed. Juliet Gardiner

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