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The World Methodist Council (WMC), founded in 1881, is a consultative body and association of churches in the Methodist tradition. It comprises 80 member denominations in 138 countries which together represent the majority of Methodists worldwide.
This is a list of Methodist denominations (or Methodist connexions). Those not affiliated with the World Methodist Council are marked with an asterisk (*). This list includes some united and uniting churches with Methodist participation.
John Charles Allanson Barrett (born 1943) is an English Methodist and chairman and elected president of the World Methodist Council, succeeding Nigerian Sunday Mbang at the World Methodist Conference in Seoul on 24 July 2006. [1]
The World Methodist Peace Award is a peace award. It was established by Dr. Stanley Leyland at the 13th World Methodist Conference in Dublin, Ireland held in 1976 and is awarded by the World Methodist Council. It is awarded for significant contributions to peace, reconciliation and justice on the basis of courage, creativity and consistency. [1]
It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian doctrine and is a member of the World Methodist Council. In 2017, there were 140,954 members in 1,607 congregations in North America, and an average worship attendance of 239,842.
The church is a member of the World Council of Churches, the World Methodist Council, and other religious associations. As of 2022, the UMC had 5,424,175 members [7] and 29,746 churches in the United States. [6] As of 2022, it had 9,984,925 members and 39,460 churches worldwide. [6]
The Honourable Order of Jerusalem (also spelled as the Honorable Order of Jerusalem) is an ecclesiastical decoration conferred by the World Methodist Council. [1] It is one of the highest distinctions in Methodism.
Sunday Coffie Mbang (listen ⓘ; 26 August 1936 – 16 May 2023) was a Nigerian, prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria. He served as President of the World Methodist Council and National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria.