Methodist Episcopal Church

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Christian denomination Methodist denomination Protestant church body

The Methodist Episcopal Church was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Protestant denomination in the United States that played a key role in the expansion of Methodism, education, and social reform before merging into the United Methodist Church.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Methodist Episcopal Church canonical 45
Methodist Episcopal Church, South 8
Methodist Episcopal Church (historical) 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Methodist denomination ⓘ
Protestant church body ⓘ
churchPolity episcopal polity ⓘ
classification mainline Protestant ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denominationalPolity connectionalism ⓘ
dissolved 1939 ⓘ
emphasis itinerant ministry ⓘ
personal holiness ⓘ
revivalism ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
foundedBy Francis Asbury ⓘ
John Wesley ⓘ
Thomas Coke ⓘ
governedBy General Conference ⓘ
hadAuxiliaryOrganization Epworth League ⓘ
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society ⓘ
hasClericalOffice bishop ⓘ
itinerant preacher ⓘ
presiding elder ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inception 1784 ⓘ
Christmas Conference of 1784 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfFormation Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

Lovely Lane Chapel ⓘ
mergedInto Methodist Protestant Church ⓘ
surface form: The Methodist Church (USA)
mergedWith Methodist Episcopal Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Methodist Protestant Church ⓘ
missionField American frontier ⓘ
overseas missions ⓘ
urban United States ⓘ
notableLeader Bishop Enoch George ⓘ
Bishop John Emory ⓘ
Bishop Matthew Simpson ⓘ
Francis Asbury ⓘ
notableSocialIssues Sabbath observance ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
education ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
operated colleges ⓘ
mission schools ⓘ
seminaries ⓘ
universities ⓘ
partOf Methodism ⓘ
surface form: Methodist movement
periodOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
published The Christian Advocate ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
separatedInto Methodist Episcopal Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
separationCause slavery controversy ⓘ
separationYear 1844 ⓘ
successor Methodist Protestant Church ⓘ
surface form: The Methodist Church (USA)
theology Arminianism ⓘ
Wesleyan theology ⓘ
ultimateSuccessor United Methodist Church ⓘ
worshipStyle liturgical and revivalist ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwestern University → religiousAffiliationOrigin → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Emory College → affiliation → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Emory College → foundedBy → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Wesleyan University → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Emory University → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
United Methodist Church → emergedFrom → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Brown’s Schoolhouse → associatedWith → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South (via successors)
Syracuse University → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Syracuse University → formerReligiousAffiliation → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Wesleyan College → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Trinity College → religiousAffiliation → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
African Methodist Episcopal Church → originatedFrom → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Free Methodist Church → separatedFrom → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church → originatedFrom → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
University of Puget Sound → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Hamline University → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Methodist Episcopal Church → mergedWith → Methodist Episcopal Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Episcopal Church → separatedInto → Methodist Episcopal Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Morningside College → foundedBy → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Cookman Institute → affiliation → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Cookman Institute → governedBy → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church authorities
Wilberforce University → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Philander Smith University → foundedBy → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore → religiousAffiliation → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
subject surface form: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church (historical)
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore → founder → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
subject surface form: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phoebe Palmer → denomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Phoebe Palmer → associatedWith → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
George Storrs → wasMemberOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
George Storrs → convertedFrom → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
John Fletcher Hurst → memberOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Wiley College → foundedBy → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Cazenovia Seminary → religiousAffiliation → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Cazenovia Seminary → denominationalSchoolOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Bishop John Emory → memberOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
subject surface form: John Emory
Bishop John Emory → denomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
subject surface form: John Emory
United Brethren in Christ → sharesHeritageWith → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church (as a designer while at Rush, Endacott & Rush) → denomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church (as a designer while at Rush, Endacott & Rush) → associatedWith → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church South
John Emory → memberOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Boston University School of Theology → foundedBy → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Wilbur Fisk → memberOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Wilbur Fisk → denomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Phineas F. Bresee → denomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Phineas F. Bresee → memberOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
John M. Chivington → denomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
The Story of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church → about → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Frank Armstrong Crawford → associatedWith → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
John Heyl Vincent → memberOf → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Jason Lee → denomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
John B. Denton → religiousDenomination → Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ