About Us, published on the World Methodist Council's own worldmethodistcouncil.org site, is the Council's official account of its own founding as the Ecumenical Methodist Conference at Wesley's Chapel, London, in 1881, when roughly four hundred delegates from thirty Methodist bodies gathered, the decision in 1931 to organise a standing Council, and the 1951 renaming to the World Methodist Council after the Second World War delayed that plan.
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Reliability Tier1
The organisation's own account of its own founding and renaming, matching this catalog's existing convention for a denomination's own institutional record of its own history (Formation of The United Methodist Church, umc.org, reliability tier 1). NotesUsed for the 1881 Ecumenical Methodist Conference and the 1951 renaming to the World Methodist Council.
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AuthorWorld Methodist Council
PublisherWorld Methodist Council
URLhttps://worldmethodistcouncil.org/about-us/
Source TypeOfficial denominational history
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London, Cities This source names London directly: "Conference at Wesley's Chapel, London, in 1881, when roughly four hundred delegates from thirty Methodist bodies gathered, the decision in 1931 to organise a standing Council, and the 1951 renaming..."
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- Spread Events, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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