American Methodist Episcopal Church, South

E716756

Methodist denomination

The American Methodist Episcopal Church, South was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Methodist denomination in the United States that split from the main Methodist Episcopal Church over slavery and later engaged in extensive missionary and educational work at home and abroad.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Methodist Episcopal Church, South	4
American Methodist Episcopal Church, South canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Methodist denomination ⓘ
activeInCentury	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
churchPolity	episcopal polity ⓘ
classification	mainline Methodist body of the American South ⓘ
coreBelief	Christian perfection as an ideal ⓘ authority of the Bible ⓘ salvation by grace through faith ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
denominationalFamily	Methodist Episcopal churches ⓘ
doctrine	emphasis on holiness ⓘ emphasis on personal conversion ⓘ
educationalActivity	founding colleges ⓘ founding schools ⓘ supporting theological education ⓘ
emphasis	itinerant preaching ⓘ revival meetings ⓘ
engagedIn	educational work ⓘ missionary work ⓘ
foundedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
governedBy	annual conferences ⓘ bishops ⓘ general conference ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ antebellum era ⓘ
historicalRole	major Methodist denomination in the American South ⓘ
involvedIn	debates over slavery ⓘ post–Civil War reconstruction of Southern churches ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
missionaryActivity	foreign missions ⓘ home missions ⓘ
missionField	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ foreign countries ⓘ
orientation	evangelical ⓘ
region	Southern United States ⓘ
religion	Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ
selfIdentification	Methodist Episcopal Church, South NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedFrom	Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
separationCause	slavery ⓘ
theology	Wesleyan-Arminian ⓘ
tradition	Wesleyan tradition ⓘ
worshipStyle	Methodist liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kwansei Gakuin University → founder → American Methodist Episcopal Church, South ⓘ

Trinity College (Durham, North Carolina) → religiousAffiliation → American Methodist Episcopal Church, South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Trinity College School of Law → affiliation → American Methodist Episcopal Church, South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Paine College → foundedBy → American Methodist Episcopal Church, South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Mississippi Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South → parentOrganization → American Methodist Episcopal Church, South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church, South