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American Church History: Methodist Denominations

This research guide provides resources pretraining to American church history and includes books, ebooks, open access resources, and websites.

Methodist Churches

African Methodist Episcopal Church: African Methodist Episcopal Church, Founded in 1814, membership is estimated to be 2,500,000 across 7,000 congregations (2014).

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: Founded in 1821, membership is estimated to be 34,704 across 1,587 churches (2020).

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church: Founded in 1870, membership is estimated to be 269,126 across 1,608 churches (2020).

Congregational Methodist Church: Founded in 1852, membership is estimated to be 15,518 across 151 churches (2015).

Evangelical Church of North America: Founded in 1968, membership is estimated to be 9,809 across 110 congregations (2020).

Evangelical Methodist Church: Founded in 1946, membership is estimated to be 7,348 across 108 churches (2016).

Southern Methodist Church: Founded in 1940, membership is estimated to be 6,000 across 101 churches (2012).

United Methodist Church: Founded in 1968, membership is estimated to be 8,018,629 across 30,051 churches (2012).

 

Holy Bible

There is no official bible for these denominations, but different churches may prefer one translation over another.