Family Tree of U.S. Methodist Denominations

Summary

The video dives into the intricate history of Methodist and Holiness traditions in the United States, detailing their many splits, mergers, and present denominations. Key denominations like the United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church are discussed, along with the historical paths that led to their formation. The video also touches on the impact of events like the Civil War, issues of biblical interpretation, and stances on social issues, all contributing to the rich tapestry of Methodist history in the U.S. It emphasizes the complexity with over a century of evolving branches and connections, illustrating how various Methodist and Holiness groups emerged and sometimes returned to their roots. A downloadable chart is available for an in-depth visual representation of this complex family tree.

Highlights

• The video begins by outlining the major Methodist denominations in the U.S., focusing on the United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church. 🚀
• Historical splits like the Methodist Episcopal Church South during the Civil War demonstrate how social issues influenced denominational paths. 🗡️
• Mergers like the one forming the United Methodist Church from various branches reveal efforts to unite amidst divisive theological views. 🤝
• The Church of God in Christ and the African Methodist Episcopal denominations highlight the diversity within the Methodist tradition. 💒

Key Takeaways

• The Methodist tradition is rich and complex, with numerous splits and mergers creating a vibrant tapestry of denominations. 🕊️
• Key events like the Civil War and debates on social issues significantly shaped Methodist history. 🏛️
• The United Methodist Church is currently the largest Methodist denomination in the U.S. with over 23,000 churches. 🌍
• A detailed chart available for download provides a visual guide to the complex family tree of Methodist denominations. 📊

Overview

The video offers an engaging tour of the complex history of Methodist and Holiness traditions in the United States, meticulously tracing multiple splits and mergers. It focuses initially on major branches such as the United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church, providing insights into their historical development from earlier Methodist bodies.

Delving deeper, the video examines significant historical events like the Civil War and major societal debates on biblical interpretations and social issues, which led to significant denominational splits or unifications. This historical context is crucial in understanding why certain branches like the Methodist Episcopal Church South emerged during the conflict and how others unified into the United Methodist Church.

In addition to historical context, the video highlights the availability of a detailed chart for viewers eager to explore the nuances of Methodist denominational history. This resource serves as both an educational tool and a visual guide to the intricate relationships among the numerous branches and movements within the Methodist tradition, encouraging further exploration and understanding of its diverse and storied past.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction to U.S. Methodist Denominations The chapter provides an introduction to the Methodist and Holiness traditions of Christianity in the United States, focusing on the development and history of these denominations. It highlights the two major Methodist denominations in the U.S. today: the United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church. The chapter begins by tracing the origins of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the original Methodist institution, to understand how these modern denominations came to exist. The content is described as a comprehensive overview encapsulated in a detailed chart available for download.
• 00:30 - 01:00: Early Methodist Episcopal Church and Splits This chapter covers the history and early splits within the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, beginning in 1784. The church lasted over 150 years, during which significant splits occurred. In 1828, the Methodist Protestant Church separated from the Methodist Episcopal Church. The chapter touches upon the complexity and factors leading to further divisions. A notable split happened in 1845 over the Civil War and Confederacy issues, leading to the formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
• 01:00 - 01:30: Merger to Form the United Methodist Church In 1939, three denominations merged to form the Methodist Church. Later, in 1946, the Evangelical United Brethren Church was founded from two merging denominations with similar theological leanings to the Methodist Church. In 1968, these two denominations merged to create the United Methodist Church, which has become the largest Methodist denomination in the United States.
• 01:30 - 02:00: Formation of the Global Methodist Church The chapter discusses the formation of the Global Methodist Church, which emerged after significant divisions within the United Methodist Church (UMC) over biblical interpretation and acceptance of homosexuality. Following a special conference in 2019, thousands of churches departed from the UMC, with most joining the new Global Methodist Church, formally established in 2022. Currently, it comprises approximately 3,700 churches within the United States.
• 02:00 - 02:30: James O'Kelly and the Republican Methodist Church The chapter discusses James O'Kelly, a circuit-riding Methodist preacher who had disagreements with Francis Asbury, a significant leader in early American Methodism and one of the first bishops of the church. Due to these disagreements, O'Kelly left the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) in 1792. In 1794, he founded the Republican Methodist Church. However, this new church soon evolved beyond Methodism entirely.
• 02:30 - 03:30: African Methodist Denominations This chapter discusses the formation and evolution of African Methodist denominations, highlighting key events and figures. It begins by mentioning the Christian church or Christian connection, which later became part of the United Church of Christ. The chapter predominantly focuses on the emergence of black churches following departures from the Methodist Episcopal Church in the early 19th century. A significant event cited is the formation of the Union Church of Africans by Peter Spencer in 1813, which was renamed to African Union in 1852, underscoring a historical shift within African Methodist communities.
• 03:30 - 04:30: Holiness and Pentecostal Evolution The chapter titled 'Holiness and Pentecostal Evolution' discusses the formation of significant churches and denominational shifts within the Methodist tradition. It highlights the foundation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816, which has grown to encompass over 3,600 churches. The chapter also mentions the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1821, noting that its earliest forming church dates back to 1796 while it was still part of the Methodist Episcopal. The discussion reflects the complex history and evolution of Methodist denominations.
• 04:30 - 05:30: Colored Methodist Episcopal Church and Others The chapter discusses the historical developments in the Methodist church during the mid-19th century. It highlights a significant event in 1850 when a split occurred in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, leading to the creation of the first colored Methodist Protestant churches. This split and subsequent events were key in forming new religious communities. By 1866, these churches merged with the African Union to establish the African Union Methodist Protestant Church, marking an important consolidation within the African American religious landscape. Additionally, the introductory statement references the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, noting its founding date as displayed on its logo and referencing its growth to over 1,580 churches today.
• 05:30 - 08:00: Church of the Nazarene's Formation and Splits The chapter explores the formation and splits of various churches within the context of African American religious movements. It notes the existence of around 40 churches within the AUMP denomination and mentions a split that led to the creation of the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church, which currently has about 50 churches. Both denominations are often referred to as "Spencer churches," named after their founder. Each church acknowledges its foundational date as a reflection of the rich history of the African Union Church. Additionally, the Church of Christ Holiness USA is acknowledged for its founding in 1896, attributing its origin to the efforts of Charles.
• 08:00 - 09:00: Primitive Methodists and Salvation Army in America Price Jones and Charles Harrison Mason, originally Baptists, embraced Holiness teachings, leading to their expulsion from the Baptist Association. Their churches bore various names, including Church of Christ and Church of God Christ Association of Mississippi of Baptized Believers in Christ. In 1906, inspired by Mason, they adopted the name Church of God in Christ. Mason attended the Azusa Street Revival, adopting Pentecostal beliefs, which led to a split with CP Jones, who did not embrace the Pentecostal movement, resulting in Mason and his followers being rejected by their former association.
• 09:00 - 10:00: Conclusion and Chart Overview The chapter titled "Conclusion and Chart Overview" discusses various religious groups that emerged in the early 1900s. It focuses on the events of 1907, when Mason's Group and CP Jones's Group had to differentiate due to naming conflicts. Mason's Group was referred to as the Church of God in Christ. Due to an incorporation issue, CP Jones's group subsequently adopted the name Church of Christ Holiness USA, formally organizing in 1907. The chapter notes that both denominations trace their beginnings back to 1896, but the Church of Christ Holiness USA was officially organized in 1907 with 124 congregations.

Family Tree of U.S. Methodist Denominations Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 you're about to get a tour through the most detailed chart in existence of the Methodist and Holiness traditions of Christianity in the United States when you're done you can follow the link in the description to download the chart in full resolution for free today in the United States the two biggest names and methodism are the United Methodist Church and the new Global Methodist Church I'll begin by tracing the relatively simple path that led to their existence and then we'll keep building first the Methodist Episcopal Church this was the original Methodist
• 00:30 - 01:00 denomination in the United States beginning in 1784 and it lasted over 150 years in 1828 the Methodist Protestant Church split from the Mec you may wonder why I put it all the way out here and why this line isn't straight and I'll tell you that it's just a hint of the complexity that is to come on this chart in 1845 methodism split over the issues of the Civil War and the Confederacy resulting in the formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church South you'll not no
• 01:00 - 01:30 that all three of these denominations end at the same time and that is because in 1939 they all merged back together to form the Methodist Church now let me put this denomination on the chart called the Evangelical United Brethren Church it had been founded in 1946 from two denominations merging and had theological leanings that were not too far off from that of the Methodist Church in 1968 these two denominations merged which produced the United Methodist Church this is by far the Lar largest US Methodist denomination with
• 01:30 - 02:00 around 23,000 churches after the UMC special conference in 2019 exposed massive divisions in the UMC over the issues of biblical interpretation and the acceptance of homosexuality the UMC experienced a multi-year split thousands of churches left and the denomination that received the most was a new denomination the global Methodist Church founded in 2022 it has about 3,700 us churches so that's not all that complex
• 02:00 - 02:30 right well let's go back and fill in some of the details a circuit writing Methodist preacher named James o Kelly was not a fan of Francis Asbury who was a leading figure in early American methodism and one of the first two Bishops of the church in 1792 o Kelly left the church and in 1794 he established the Republican Methodist Church but o Kelly wasn't just on his way out of the Mec but methodism in general and the Republican Methodist Church soon turned into just the
• 02:30 - 03:00 Christian church or Christian connection this was a very fascinating denomination which in the end through a series of mergers ended up in what is today the United Church of Christ but for the sake of this video the rest of this denomination's history isn't important as it left methodism many of the denominations which formed from people leaving the Methodist Episcopal Church in the next few decades were black churches in 1813 the Union Church of Africans was formed by Peter Spencer and in 1852 it was renamed to African Union
• 03:00 - 03:30 Church it was actually a part of the Mec until 1816 and this is a good place to mention that different denominations count differently when it comes to the founding of their churches so some of these dates are open for follow-up questions in 1816 the African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded today it has over 3,600 churches in 1821 the African Methodist Episcopal Zan church was founded the earliest church that formed it was founded in 1796 but was still part of the Methodist Episcopal
• 03:30 - 04:00 Church at that time I've indicated this earlier date which shows on the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church's logo with this light gray bar today it has over 1, 1580 churches in 1850 there was a split in the African Methodist Episcopal Church leading to the formation of the first colored Methodist Protestant churches in 1866 these churches merged with the African union to form the African Union Methodist Protestant Church Comm ly
• 04:00 - 04:30 known as the aump church it has about 40 churches today a year before the merger the African Union split forming the union American Methodist Episcopal Church which has about 50 churches today the aump and U churches are sometimes called the Spencer churches after their founder both churches view the founding dates of their church as containing the Decades of history of the African Union Church the Church of Christ Holiness USA dates its founding to 189 6 and Charles
• 04:30 - 05:00 price Jones and Charles Harrison Mason both Baptists who accepted Holiness teaching and were kicked out of the Baptist Association the churches were called by several names Church of Christ Church of God Christ Association of Mississippi of baptized Believers in Christ in 1906 based on Mason's idea they took the name of Church of God in Christ in 1906 Mason went to check on the ausa Street Revival and became Pentecostal CP Jones didn't and Mason and his followers were rejected from the
• 05:00 - 05:30 group in 1907 Mason's Group which is not shown on this chart because its Holiness Pentecostal also used the name Church of God in Christ and Incorporated with that name which meant that CP Jones's group needed to change theirs that new name was Church of Christ Holiness USA note that this denomination and the Church of God in Christ both claim to have begun in 1896 the Church of Christ Holiness USA officially organized in 1907 it has 124 congregations also in 1907 amid the
• 05:30 - 06:00 splitting Charles W gray led a number of churches out and they formed another non-pentecostal Holiness association called The Church of God Sanctified in 1927 this group began to ordain women which gray opposed and so he led churches out to form the original Church of God or Sanctified church both groups have unknown numbers of churches in 1870 the colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America was formed from the Methodist Episcopal Church South and renamed in 19 1954 to the Christian Methodist
• 06:00 - 06:30 Episcopal Church which today has about 1,600 churches in 1864 James fer given was put out of itinerant Ministry in the Methodist Episcopal church because he refused to support military force in support of abolition of slavery the church he started the Christian union takes the position of avoidance of all partisan political preaching there are an unknown number of churches today in 1909 from this denomination the Churches of Christ in Christian union split with
• 06:30 - 07:00 the cccu holding to a Wesleyan view of sanctification which they believed was being stifled in the Christian union a common reason for Holiness denominations to exit Methodist ones there are around 200 churches in 1883 individuals who had been part of the Methodist Episcopal church but felt that it was lack in its teaching of an instantaneous experience of entire sanctification formed a church in Centralia Missouri this would grow into an association called The Church of God Holiness which today claims about 120 congregations in 1892 another
• 07:00 - 07:30 denomination formed from a church leaving the Mec Christ Sanctified holy church they teach that entire sanctification is necessary for salvation and there are 18 congregations 1900 is the founding date for the Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church which was founded as a missions Outreach to the Lumby American Indian tribe the Holiness Methodist Church referred to in the name consists entirely of this Lumber River conference it's not a subgroup of anything it's it has 10 congregations in 1901 Elma
• 07:30 - 08:00 Bradwell white founded Pillar of Fire which was a KKK supporting denomination that has since repudiated their past stance and renamed two pillar Ministries they have three churches in the US today in 1898 the Southeastern Kansas fire baptized Holiness Association disassociated from the fire baptized Holiness Church a Holiness denomination that became Pentecostal and ended up in the International Pentecostal Holiness Church however this group left not because of Pentecostalism but because
• 08:00 - 08:30 Benjamin Irwin a founder of the group was teaching that Christians should keep the Old Testament food laws in 1945 they took the name of fire baptized Holiness Church which was no longer in use by their parent denomination and in 1995 they renamed two Bible Holiness Church they have about 35 churches today in 1925 Leela G McConnell who was a Deaconess in the Methodist Episcopal Church left and formed the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association which is not viewed as a denomination by its
• 08:30 - 09:00 members there are fewer than 15 churches in 1926 Jim green left the Methodist Episcopal Church South over concerns surrounding theological liberalism and lack of Holiness emphasis later in 1938 he would found the people's Methodist Church though I show this church as a division from the Mec South it could just as well be viewed as starting independently or even be viewed as a division from the Church of the Nazarene which green also was involved in between his time in the Mec South and founding the people's Methodist Church leading up
• 09:00 - 09:30 to the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church various groups began to exit these denominations to avoid the merger one case is the Southern Methodist Church a large group of MEC South ministers were concerned about theological liberalism that they had seen in the Mec South and saw even more in the Methodist Episcopal Church they were soon to merge with as a result they decided not to merge and just continue the Mec South so even though the merger happened happed in 1939 these churches continued operating
• 09:30 - 10:00 as the Methodist Episcopal Church South as a result they were taken to court by the Methodist Church which held rights to that name and eventually they lost in 1945 this meant that most of the congregations lost their property and had to stop using their name so they chose the name of Southern Methodist Church there are about 75 churches in the denomination today a similar situation took place on the other side of the merger with the Methodist Protestant Church a small minority of congregation led by the Mississippi
• 10:00 - 10:30 conference didn't want to merge and retained the Methodist Protestant Church name after the merger somehow they avoided a similar lawsuit they claim the history of the Methodist Protestant church as shown in their logo which says organized 1828 there are fewer than 40 churches today yet another group stayed out of the merger the Eastern province of the Methodist Protestant church and took the name of Bible Protestant church and then later in 1985 renamed to The Fellowship of Fundamental Bible churches today the fellowship is aist teaches a
• 10:30 - 11:00 pre-trip Rapture Believers baptism by immersion and eternal security none of the churches in it have the name Methodist and several have the name Baptist there are 15 churches and about the same number of individual members who are pastors of other churches even after the merger into the Methodist Church not everyone was happy John's Chapel Church in Missouri which had been a Methodist Protestant church congregation withdrew in 1942 and formed the fundamental Methodist conference they only baptized Believers by immersion there were 13 congregations in
• 11:00 - 11:30 2001 and an unknown number today in 1946 the Evangelical Methodist Church exited the Methodist Church over theological liberalism there are around 80 US churches and several times that in other countries in 1953 a small group left and formed the Evangelical Methodist Church of America which has fewer than 20 congregations and in which churches commonly teach cessationism and eternal security in 1938 the people's Methodist Church merged into the Evangelical
• 11:30 - 12:00 Methodist Church in 1989 the EMC had a small split with three churches leaving to form the bethl Methodist Church after an unfavorable verdict from a church trial Believers baptism is practiced but not by immersion there are five churches five churches left the EMC in 2010 forming the National Association of Wesley and evangelicals today their website lists six churches going back to the Methodist Church the next notable split after the Evangelical Methodist Church left in 1946 was the formation of
• 12:00 - 12:30 The Association of Independent methodists in 1965 which began with churches from Mississippi exiting the Methodist Church one of the reasons it was formed is also it makes it distinct it has fully congregational polity and autonomous churches there are 112 churches in the association today when the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1968 to form the United Methodist Church not all of the EU Church came in to the merger in 1967 the Pacific Northwest
• 12:30 - 13:00 conference had voted to secede from the denomination to avoid the merger and they organized in 1968 as the Evangelical Church of North America the church did have to settle with the Methodist Church and give up many congregation properties in 1969 another Methodist denomination called the Holiness Methodist Church merged into the Evangelical Church there are 85 churches in the Evangelical Church's online directory and 110 according to the 2020 us religion census now let's
• 13:00 - 13:30 trace a path to another major US denomination in 1841 the Wesleyan Methodist Church exited the Methodist Episcopal Church one major reason was that the founders of the Wesleyan Methodist Church were strongly abolitionist and disliked the mec's Toleration of slavery in 1897 the international Holiness Union and prayer League was formed by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church it wasn't considered a denomination at the time but in 1906 it became known as the
• 13:30 - 14:00 international Apostolic Holiness Union and churches a hint that it was now looking like a denomination and 1922 was when it became known as the pilgrim Holiness Church in 1968 the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Pilgrim Holiness Church merged to form the wesleyian church it has about 1,460 congregations today along the way though the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Pilgrim Holiness Church had other denominations form out of them in 1893 the Church of Daniel's band was formed
• 14:00 - 14:30 out of the Wesley and Methodist Church it has four congregations today all in Michigan and self identifies as non-denominational 1913 was the year that the missionary Methodist Church was founded when HC cisk left the Wesleyan Methodist Church with a group of followers there are 13 churches Ralph Goodrich Finch LED churches out of the pilgrim Holiness Church in 1937 creating the Emmanuel Association of churches which is a Holiness denomination opposed to war there are fewer than 20 us congregations
• 14:30 - 15:00 the Emanuel Missionary church was founded a year later in 1938 also from the pilgrim Holiness Church because its ministers taught in the death route to entire sanctification which is that a person couldn't simply achieve entire sanctification by faith or asking God for the experience but needed to renounce the world and put their fleshly nature to death there is an unknown number of congregations God's Missionary church was founded in 1935 after several independent churches were started by holy Church planners a group of these
• 15:00 - 15:30 churches considered four options joining the pilgrim Holiness Church Church of the Nazarene or Wesley and Methodist Church or to start their own denomination they chose the fourth option and today God's Missionary church has about 45 churches the Emanuel Missionary church had two districts eastern and western and in 2015 the Western District merged with God's Missionary Church the New York District of the pilgrim Holiness Church was started as a separate denomination in 1897 called the Pentecostal rescue
• 15:30 - 16:00 mission of Binghamton New York Pentecostal didn't have the same meaning that it does today in 1922 they joined the pilgrim Holiness Church but in 1963 they left again forming the pilgrim Holiness Church of New York there are 29 churches listed on their website 14 in New York in 1966 2 years before the main body of the pilgrim Holiness Church merged with the Wesley and Methodist Church two churches in Illinois left soon joined by three in Indiana they worked with the New York group to form the Midwest Conference of the pilgrim
• 16:00 - 16:30 Holiness Church of New York the conference was relatively independent from the New York body because of geographical separation in 1971 they became independent as their own denomination and they Incorporated in 1972 today they are officially just the pilgrim Holiness Church but often Midwest is appended for clarification they list 31 churches on their website the year before the merger 1967 a group of conservative Methodist churches left the West Wan Methodist Church in order
• 16:30 - 17:00 to avoid the merger these churches formed the Bible Methodist connection of churches which today has 94 congregations listed on their website the year of the merger in 1968 another group left called the Bible Methodist connection of Tennessee they are not affiliated with the other Bible methodists and to make things more confusing the Bible methodists not of Tennessee have five churches in Tennessee the Tennessee Bible methodists have about 15 congregations also in 1968 another conservative group formed from the Wesley and Methodist Church the
• 17:00 - 17:30 alagan Wesley and Methodist connection churches that joined this organization tended to keep the name Wesley and Methodist Church in their Church names though not independently verified the Wikipedia page of the connection says that there are 108 churches stepping back in time to 1860 the Free Methodist Church was organized by individuals who had been removed from the Methodist Episcopal Church they opposed slavery Pew rent and held to entire sanctification they have over 830 us Church ches free methodists are
• 17:30 - 18:00 international with over 1.5 million members worldwide in 1958 the Evangelical Wesleyan Church of North America left the free methodists and the Midwest Holiness Association did in 1962 these two groups merged in 1963 to form the Evangelical Wesleyan Church there are fewer than 30 congregations in 1966 the United Holiness Church left the Free Methodist Church it grew to 30 some Churches before dein Ling after some controversies and in 1994 it merged into
• 18:00 - 18:30 the Bible Methodist connection of churches back in 1852 the congregational Methodist Church formed from churches leaving the Methodist Episcopal Church South due to a desire for congregational polity they have 212 churches in 1941 the First Congregational Methodist Church split from them though they date their origin back to 1852 when the CMC was formed they claim over 50 churches in 1982 the southern Cong Cong AAL Methodist Church also left the
• 18:30 - 19:00 congregational Methodist Church they have fewer than 30 churches now let's discuss the formation of the Church of the Nazarene you may have noticed that most of the time its history is brought up people mention a collection of denominations merging but don't list the way that it happened because it can get kind of busy these denominations that merged were mostly Regional in nature the people's Evangelical Church formed in 1887 followed by the Mission Church in 1888 they merged in 1890 to form the central Evangel iCal Holiness Association in 1894 the association of
• 19:00 - 19:30 Pentecostal churches of America was founded and in 1897 it merged with the central Evangelical Holiness Association to form the association of Pentecostal churches of America Pentecostal at the time was essentially a term for Revival renewal and Holiness not the idea of speaking in tongues in 1895 a denomination was founded called The Church of the Nazarene this is not the same as the denomination by that name today the Church of the Nazarene merged with the association of Pentecostal
• 19:30 - 20:00 churches of America to form the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene in 1907 in 1888 the Holiness Church was founded in 1901 the independent Holiness Church was founded and the Holiness Church merged into it in 1894 the New Testament Church of Christ was founded and it merged with the independent Holiness Church in 1904 to form the Holiness Church of Christ in 198 this church merged with the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene and the new denomination's name was also Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene 1908 is viewed as
• 20:00 - 20:30 the founding date of the Church of the Nazarene and that name was chosen in 1919 as the term Pentecostal now had new meanings that the Church of the Nazarene and its predecessors had never accepted after 1908 several other denominations not on this chart also merged into the church it has over 5,150 churches in the US 1955 though was a time when a denomination left the Church of the Nazarene led by Glenn Griffith conservative ministers formed
• 20:30 - 21:00 the Bible missionary Union which renamed to Bible Missionary Church in 1956 it has an unknown number of churches in 1959 the Wesley and Holiness Association of churches was formed as a split from The BMC with divorce being one of the dividing issues it has fewer than 30 churches in 2003 the pilgrim Nazarene Church split from the Bible Missionary Church the Bible Missionary church does not allow use of the internet while the pilgrim nazarin didn't feel this was a reasonable position in 2019 they merged
• 21:00 - 21:30 into the Bible Methodist connection of churches back to the Church of the Nazarene in 1966 the Church of the Bible Covenant was formed by Remis reel and others he took with him out of the nazarin in 1988 the church was essentially replaced by another denomination the International Fellowship of Bible churches which has 51 churches listed on their website today another group from the church of the Bible Covenant formed the international conservative Holiness Association the Ia has 47 churches
• 21:30 - 22:00 listed on their website some which have Bible Holiness Church or Church of the Bible Covenant in their names in 1972 Faith Community Church exited from the Church of the Nazarene it would come to take the name of Crusaders churches of America for the churches that joined it that number is six churches today five in Illinois and one in Missouri now let's fill in a few more spots on the chart beginning with two denominations which originated in the UK but have an American presence the primitive Methodist Church began in England in
• 22:00 - 22:30 1807 and the Primitive Methodist Church in the USA was founded in 1840 since that time primitive methodists in the UK and Australia merged with other denominations so the US branch is the sole remaining primitive Methodist denomination it has about 60 churches the Salvation Army was founded by William and Katherine booth in England in 1865 and in 1880 it first established a US presence it has over 1100 Cong congregations in the US today what the
• 22:30 - 23:00 Holiness movement encompasses can go far beyond methodism another tradition that it encompasses is the Church of God movement that has Daniel Sydney Warner as a father figure not to be confused with the various Pentecostal denominations that use this name the Church of God is the oldest representative of this group founded in 1881 it is normally called Church of God Anderson Indiana to distinguish it from other denominations with similar names the US religion census counted 1,940 for us churches the Church of God evening
• 23:00 - 23:30 light separated from it in 1913 it is also sometimes called the Church of God goth Oklahoma there are 36 congregations listed in the online directory from this group The Church of God restoration separated in 1980 led by Daniel Lane there are six Us locations on their website there are also denominations originating in anabaptism Quakers and other Traditions that are Holiness adjacent but I plan to chart these separately in their own denominational tradition charts so this is the full
• 23:30 - 24:00 first edition of this chart let's look at a few groupings quickly feel free to pause if you want to look around but probably no good if you're on a cell phone here are the denominations that are part of the global Wesleyan Alliance here are the denominations part of the National Association of evangelicals here are the denominations that have at least 1,000 us congregations here are the denominations with at least 100 congregations this chart is free fre for you to share without modification you can view it in
• 24:00 - 24:30 high resolution by following the link in the video description as well as these subset charts I've just shown you I do plan to update the chart as more events transpire or to make Corrections thanks for supporters at readyto harvest.com who have made it possible for me to spend hours upon hours researching and making this chart and putting this video together