Origin from 1968
The Confession of Faith of the United Methodist Church, originally the confession of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, is one of the church's five Doctrinal Standards, alongside the Articles of Religion, the General Rules of the United Societies, the Standard Sermons of John Wesley and Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the New Testament. The United Methodist Church adopted it in 1968 when the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and although it covers much the same ground as the Methodist Articles of Religion, it uses shorter and more contemporary language across sixteen articles and includes an article on judgment and the future state, drawn from the Augsburg Confession, that the Articles of Religion lack. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Confession of Faith (United Methodist) (Wikipedia)
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The United Methodist Church adopted the Confession of Faith in 1968 when the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church to form the United Methodist Church.
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