Home›Christianity›Methodist and Holiness ChurchesGroupMethodist and Holiness ChurchesThe Methodist and Holiness churches recorded in this atlas, the Protestant tradition that derives from the life and teaching of John Wesley together with the Holiness movement that emerged chiefly within nineteenth-century Methodism, from the United Methodist and African Methodist bodies to the Wesleyan Church, the Church of the Nazarene and The Salvation Army. This group holds African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Church of God (Anderson, Indiana), Church of the Nazarene, Free Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, Methodism, The Salvation Army, The United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church. Placing these churches together lets a reader compare one church family at a time, from the tradition as a whole to its national and denominational bodies, and follow how each body describes its own governance, worship and history. Each entry keeps its own description, sources and Browse By pages.Browse ByConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Methodist and Holiness ChurchesMethodist and Holiness Churches11 entriesMethodist and Holiness ChurchesFilter Results11 entriesSizeAll1,712,563 to 4,850,776 (1)25,000 to 380,000 (1)400,910 to 1,500,000 (4)5,255,000 to 22,785,195 (1)PolityAllCentralised Corporate Polity (1)Connexional Polity (8)Decentralised Polity (1)Episcopal Polity (1)Representative Conference Polity (1)Originated InAllEngland (1)New York (2)North America (1)United States (3)Origin EraAll1738 (1)1787 (1)1796 (1)1860 (1)1865 (1)1870 (1)1881 (1)1895 (1)1968 (2)2022 (1)Parent DenominationAllHistorically Black Protestant Tradition (3)Mainline Protestantism (1)Protestantism (1)Parent ReligionAllChristianity (11)Founded ByAllRichard Allen (1)Establishment StatusAllNo Establishment (8)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 (11)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 (7)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Church FamilyAllMethodist and Holiness Churches (9)Protestant Umbrella Movements (1)Liturgical LanguageAllVernacular Language (11)Ordination PracticeAllOpen to women and men (11)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 11African Methodist Episcopal ChurchChristianity82 linksAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchChristianity70 linksChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchChristianity69 linksChurch of God (Anderson, Indiana)Christianity29 linksChurch of the NazareneChristianity55 linksFree Methodist ChurchChristianity64 linksGlobal Methodist ChurchChristianity72 linksMethodismChristianity169 linksThe United Methodist ChurchChristianity93 linksWesleyan ChurchChristianity57 linksThe Salvation ArmyChristianity21 linksConnectionsChurch Family IncludesAfrican 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 Salvation Army, Denominations Well-attested The United Methodist Church, Denominations Well-attested Wesleyan Church, Denominations Well-attested SourcesHoliness movement (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationHoliness movement, lead paragraphQuote, Holiness movement, lead paragraphis a Christian movement that emerged chiefly within 19th-century MethodismView the SourceWikipedia, Methodism (source)tier 3Wikipedia contributors, WikipediaMethodism, lead paragraphQuote, Methodism, lead paragraphis a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrines and practice derive from the life and teachings of John WesleyView the SourceComments (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.