Methodist Church of Canada
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The Methodist Church of Canada was a major Protestant denomination in Canada that played a key role in shaping Canadian religious life before merging into the United Church of Canada in 1925.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Methodist Church of Canada canonical | 2 |
| Methodist Church in Canada | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian denomination
ⓘ
Protestant denomination ⓘ historical religious organization ⓘ |
| churchPolity |
congregational elements
ⓘ
connectionalism ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dateDissolved | 1925 ⓘ |
| denominationalFamily |
Methodism
ⓘ
surface form:
Methodist
|
| dissolutionEvent | formation of the United Church of Canada ⓘ |
| doctrineEmphasized |
holiness
ⓘ
personal conversion ⓘ social gospel ⓘ |
| focus |
education and schools
ⓘ
foreign missions ⓘ home missions in Canada ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| influenced |
Canadian education
ⓘ
Canadian religious life ⓘ Canadian social reform movements ⓘ Sunday school movement in Canada ⓘ missionary work in Canada ⓘ rural church life in Canada ⓘ temperance movement in Canada ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| majorMergerPartnerOf | United Church of Canada ⓘ |
| mergedInto | United Church of Canada ⓘ |
| orientation |
evangelical
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian Protestantism ⓘ |
| practices |
Sunday schools
ⓘ
class meetings ⓘ itinerant preaching ⓘ revival meetings ⓘ |
| reasonForStatus | merged into United Church of Canada in 1925 ⓘ |
| regionServed |
English-speaking Canada
ⓘ
Maritime Provinces ⓘ
surface form:
Maritime provinces of Canada
Ontario ⓘ Western Canada ⓘ |
| religion |
Methodism
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| roleInHistory |
key participant in church union movement in Canada
ⓘ
major Protestant denomination in Canada before 1925 ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| theology | Wesleyan theology ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Methodist Church in Canada