The Methodist Episcopal Church

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1939
gptkbp:class gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:doctrine gptkb:Arminianism
gptkbp:emphasizes Social justice
Evangelism
Personal holiness
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland
1784
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Thomas_Coke
gptkb:Francis_Asbury
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Methodist Episcopal Church
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:The_Methodist_Church_(USA)
1939
gptkbp:missionaryWork gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Lovely_Lane_Chapel
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Christmas_Conference
1784
gptkbp:notableFor Influence on American religious history
Role in abolitionism
Role in temperance movement
First major Methodist denomination in the United States
Establishment of Methodist colleges and universities
gptkbp:notableLeader Bishop Matthew Simpson
Bishop Beverly Waugh
Bishop Elijah Hedding
Bishop John Emory
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:The_Discipline_of_the_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkb:The_Christian_Advocate
The Methodist Magazine
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:peakMembership over 2 million
gptkbp:policy Episcopal
gptkbp:separates gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church
gptkb:Methodist_Episcopal_Church,_South
1816
1821
1844
gptkbp:successor gptkb:The_United_Methodist_Church
gptkbp:theology Wesleyan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Methodist_Hymnal_(1935)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6