Home›Christianity›Polity›Connexional PolityDoctrineConnexional PolityChurch, Sacraments and AuthorityScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedConnexional polity is the governance form in which congregations are bound together in a conference and share an itinerant ministry. Wikipedia describes connexionalism as the theological understanding and foundation of Methodist ecclesiastical polity, and says it refers to the way in which Methodist churches and other institutions are connected and work together to support one another, share resources, and carry out mission and ministry. In this atlas the entity stands for the governance form itself, so denominations, religious orders and societies governed this way can be grouped and compared under it, while each member entry keeps its own governance facts and sources.Connexional PolityConnectionsSourcesTake a Related QuizComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Connexional PolityFilter Results8 entriesSizeAll1,712,563 to 4,850,776 (1)25,000 to 380,000 (1)400,910 to 1,500,000 (3)5,255,000 to 22,785,195 (1)Originated InAllNew York (2)United States (3)Origin EraAll1738 (1)1787 (1)1796 (1)1860 (1)1870 (1)1968 (2)2022 (1)Parent DenominationAllHistorically Black Protestant Tradition (3)Mainline Protestantism (1)Protestantism (1)Parent ReligionAllChristianity (8)Founded ByAllRichard Allen (1)Establishment StatusAllNo Establishment (6)Varies by Province (1)Marriage PositionAllMarriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (8)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (1)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (5)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Church FamilyAllMethodist and Holiness Churches (8)Liturgical LanguageAllVernacular Language (8)Ordination PracticeAllOpen to women and men (8)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8African Methodist Episcopal ChurchConnexional PolityAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchConnexional PolityChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchConnexional PolityFree Methodist ChurchConnexional PolityGlobal Methodist ChurchConnexional PolityMethodismConnexional PolityThe United Methodist ChurchConnexional PolityWesleyan ChurchConnexional PolityConnectionsPolity OfAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church, Denominations Well-attested African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Denominations Well-attested Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Denominations Well-attested Free Methodist Church, Denominations Well-attested Global Methodist Church, Denominations Well-attested Methodism, Denominations Well-attested The United Methodist Church, Denominations Well-attested Wesleyan Church, Denominations Well-attested SourcesConnexionalism (Wikipedia)Connexionalism, article textQuote, Connexionalism, article textIt refers to the way in which Methodist churches and other institutions are connected and work together to support one another, share resources, and carry out mission and ministry.View the SourceTake a Related QuizDoctrines: BeginnerCovers this kind of entry.Doctrines: ExpertCovers this kind of entry.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.