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The following list notes divisions and mergers that occurred in Methodist Episcopal Church history. [112] 1767: The Rev. Philip William Otterbein, (1726–1813) of Baltimore and Martin Boehm started Methodist evangelism among German-speaking immigrants to form the United Brethren in Christ. [113] This development had to do only with language.
The History of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 1870-2009 (Wyndham Hall Press, 2011) 304pp; Stevens, Abel. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (1884) online; Stowell, Daniel W. Rebuilding Zion: The Religious Reconstruction of the South, 1863-1877 Oxford University Press, 1998. Stroupe, Henry Smith.
John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was appalled by slavery in the British colonies.When the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was founded in the United States at the "Christmas Conference" synod meeting of ministers at the Lovely Lane Chapel in Baltimore in December 1784, the denomination officially opposed slavery very early.
The Methodist Church was the official name adopted by the Methodist denomination formed in the United States by the reunion on May 10, 1939, of the northern and southern factions of the Methodist Episcopal Church along with the earlier separated Methodist Protestant Church of 1828. [1] The Methodist Episcopal Church had split in 1844 over the ...
Abel Stevens (1815–1897) was an American clergyman, editor, and author known for his books on Methodist religious history. [1] He wrote History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [2] an early history of the church that is frequently referenced in historical works, and A Compendious History of American Methodism.
The Christian Advocate was the first paper published weekly under the authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was commenced in New York City , 9 September 1826. It continued publication for many years as the first official and leading paper of the ME denomination.
A conference of Methodist preachers was held at Baltimore, starting on Christmas Day 1784, at which Coke and Francis Asbury were elected superintendents, and the Church was constituted as an independent body under the name of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On 27 December Coke ordained deacons and presbyters and consecrated Asbury as ...
Matthew Simpson (June 21, 1811 – June 18, 1884) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1852 and based mainly in Philadelphia.During the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War, most evangelical denominations in the North, especially the Methodists, were initially strong supporters of radical policies that favored the Freedmen (former slaves) and distrusted the ...