Methodist Episcopal Church (USA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Methodist_Episcopal_Church_(USA)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1939
gptkbp:founded	1784
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:John_Wesley
gptkbp:governingBody	Episcopal polity
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Methodist Episcopal Church (USA)
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:The_Methodist_Church_(USA) 1939
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Lovely_Lane_United_Methodist_Church gptkb:Old_St._George's_United_Methodist_Church
gptkbp:notableConference	gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly gptkb:annual_event
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Christmas_Conference
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church gptkb:Methodist_Episcopal_Church,_South gptkb:Connectionalism gptkb:Methodist_Protestant_Church Sunday schools Open communion Camp meetings Sunday worship Class meetings Hymn singing Abolitionism support Baptism by sprinkling, pouring, or immersion Circuit riding preachers Emphasis on personal holiness Episcopal appointment of pastors Itinerant ministry Love feasts Ordination of elders and deacons Temperance movement involvement Women's missionary societies
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Thomas_Coke gptkb:Francis_Asbury
gptkbp:notableMission	Native American missions Foreign missions African American missions
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:The_Discipline_of_the_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Anglicanism gptkb:The_Methodist_Church_(USA)
gptkbp:theology	gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:worshipStyle	Liturgical
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Methodist_Church_in_Mexico
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5