List of Methodist denominations explained

This is a list of Methodist denominations (or Methodist connexions). Those not affiliated with the World Methodist Council are marked with an asterisk (*).

This list includes some united and uniting churches with Methodist participation. Some denominations may not have an exclusively Wesleyan heritage.

List

Africa

• African Methodist Church, West Africa
• African Methodist Church, Zimbabwe
• African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Africa
• Bantu Methodist Church of Southern Africa
• Nigerian Methodist Church
• Kenyan Methodist Church
• Methodist Church Ghana
• Methodist Church of Southern Africa
• Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
• Methodist Church in Togo
• Protestant Methodist Church in Benin
• Protestant Methodist Church in Côte d’Ivoire
• United Church in Zambia
• United Methodist Church, Central Congo
• United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone
• United Methodist Church, South Congo

Asia

• Church of North India
• Church of Pakistan, The
• Church of South India, Bangalore Episcopal Area
• Free Methodist Church, Japan
  • Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas Korean Methodist Church
• Methodist Church in Bangladesh
• Methodist Church of Hong Kong^[1]
• Methodist Church, Republic of China (Taiwan)^[2]
• Free Methodist Church, Taiwan^[3]
• Methodist Church in Sichuan, Qing and Republican China
• Methodist Church in India
• Methodist Church in Indonesia
• Methodist Church in Singapore
• Methodist Church in Malaysia
• Methodist Church, Lower Myanmar
• Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar
• Methodist Church in Sri Lanka
• United Church of Christ in the Philippines
• United Church of Christ in Japan

Caribbean

• Methodist Church in Cuba
• Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic^[4]
• Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas
• Methodist Church, Bahamas Conference of the (BCMC)
• Methodist Church in Puerto Rico
• United Church of Canada, Bermuda

Europe

• Estonian Methodist Church
• Evangelical Methodist Church in Portugal^[5]
• Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches
• Independent Methodist Connexion
• Methodist Church in Ireland
• Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy
• Methodist Church of Great Britain
• Spain
  • Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Libre (España)
  • Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Unida (España)
  • Iglesia Evangélica Metodista (España)
• Uniting Church in Sweden
• United Methodist Church, European regional conferences
  • Central and Southern Europe Central Conference^[6]
    • United Methodist Church in Austria
    • United Methodist Church in Bulgaria
    • United Methodist Church in Hungary
  • Northern Europe Central Conference of the United Methodist Church
    • United Methodist Church in Norway^[7]
    • United Methodist Church in Denmark
    • United Methodist Church in Latvia
    • United Methodist Church in Lithuania
      • • • United Methodist Church in Germany United Methodist Church in Russia
  • Union of Evangelical Methodist Churches of France
• United Protestant Church in Belgium
• Wesleyan Reform Union

North America

(see also chart below)

• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
• African Union Methodist Protestant Church
  • Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection
  • Association of Independent Methodists
  • Bethel Methodist Church
  • Bible Methodist Connection of Churches
  • Bible Missionary Church
  • British Methodist Episcopal Church
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• Christ's Sanctified Holy Church
  • Church of the Nazarene
• Congregational Methodist Church
  • Emmanuel Association of Churches
  • Evangelical Methodist Church of America
  • Evangelical Methodist Church
  • Evangelical Methodist Church Conference
  • Evangelical Wesleyan Church
  • First Congregational Methodist Church
  • Free Methodist Church, The - North America
  • Free Methodist Church in Canada
• Fundamental Methodist Conference
  • Global Methodist Church
  • Immanuel Missionary Church
  • Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church of Mexico
• Methodist Protestant Church
  • Missionary Methodist Church
  • National Association of Wesleyan Evangelicals
  • New Methodist Conference
  • Pillar of Fire Church
  • Primitive Methodist Church
  • Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church
  • Southern Congregational Methodist Church
  • Southern Methodist Church
  • Union American Methodist Episcopal Church
  • United Church of Canada
• United Methodist Church, United States
• Wesleyan Church

• = not a part of the World Methodist Council

South America

• Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina
• Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia
• Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay
• Methodist Church in Chile
• Methodist Church in Colombia^[8]
• Evangelical Methodist Church in Costa Rica
• Evangelical United Church, Ecuador
• Evangelical Methodist Church in Panama
• Evangelical Methodist Community - Paraguay
• Methodist Church in Peru

Oceania

• Chinese Methodist Church in Australia
• Free Wesleyan Church, Tonga
• Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma
• Methodist Church of New Zealand
• Uniting Church in Australia
• United Church in Papua New Guinea

See also

• List of Methodist churches - local churches of notability
• History of Methodism in the United States
• List of Christian denominations

External links

• Methodist churches — World Council of Churches
• World Methodist Council - Worldwide association of Methodist, Wesleyan and related Uniting and United Churches
  • Member churches - Denominations listed in this article
• General Board of Global Ministries - The United Methodist Church

Notes and References

1. http://www.methodist.org.hk Methodist Church Hong Kong
2. http://www.methodist.org.tw/ Methodist Church In the Republic of China
3. http://www.cfmctw.org.tw/ Free Methodist Church in Taiwan
4. Web site: Iglesia Evangélica Dominicana . 2017-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051113100331/http://pagina.de/ied . 2005-11-13 . dead .
5. Web site: Evangélica Metodista Portuguesa . 2020-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721133905/http://www.igreja-metodista.pt/ . 2019-07-21 . dead .
6. https://www.umc-cse.org/ About us
7. http://www.metodistkirken.no Metodistkirken i Norge
8. http://www.metodista.org.co Iglesia Colombiana Metodista