The Wesleyan Church

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:allows ordination of women
gptkbp:class gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:currentGeneralSuperintendent gptkb:Wayne_Schmidt
gptkbp:directionA gptkb:Holiness_movement
gptkbp:emphasizes abolitionism
social justice
sanctification
holiness
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Wesleyan_Methodist_Church
gptkbp:foundedIn 1843
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkbp:hasBishop General Superintendent
gptkbp:hasSeminary gptkb:Kingswood_University_Seminary
gptkb:Wesley_Seminary_at_Indiana_Wesleyan_University
gptkbp:hasUniversity gptkb:Kingswood_University
gptkb:Southern_Wesleyan_University
gptkb:Houghton_University
gptkb:Oklahoma_Wesleyan_University
gptkb:Indiana_Wesleyan_University
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Fishers,_Indiana,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Wesleyan Church
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Association_of_Evangelicals
gptkb:World_Methodist_Council
gptkb:Christian_Holiness_Partnership
gptkb:Evangelical_Fellowship_of_Canada
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Pilgrim_Holiness_Church
1968
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Wesley
gptkbp:numberOfCongregations over 5,800
gptkbp:numberOfMembers over 500,000
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:policy gptkb:Congregationalism
Connexionalism
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:Wesleyan_Life
gptkbp:region gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:teaches gptkb:Arminian_theology
free will
missionary work
open communion
social holiness
temperance
evangelism
opposition to slavery
personal salvation
baptism by immersion, pouring, or sprinkling
entire sanctification
Scriptural authority
opposition to gambling
abstinence from alcohol and tobacco
opposition to secret societies
gptkbp:website https://www.wesleyan.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wesleyan_Church_(historical)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4