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Denominations - Protestant

Short profiles of selected Christian denominations in the U.S.

United Methodist Church

Mainline Protestant

Founded: 1968

Membership: 7,679,850 Clergy: 45,230 Congregations: 33,583 as of 2009

Colleges/Universities: The UMC has over 100 educational institutions in the U.S. Go to: https://www.gbhem.org/education/students/schools-colleges-universities/find-a-school/

Seminaries: See link above

Publications: Cokesbury, Abingdon Press

Website: http://www.umc.org/

Core Values: https://www.umc.org/en/who-we-are/ask-the-umc-faqs/beliefs-practices

Short History: The United Methodist Church, the third-largest church in America, continues the Methodist movement founded in the 18th century in England by John Wesley. In 1968, a long process of consolidation of various Methodist churches in the United States culminated in the formation of the United Methodist Church by the merger of the Methodist Church (1939-1968) and the United Evangelical Brethren. -- ARDA. For more information go to https://www.resourceumc.org/en/agencies/archives-and-history

Local Churches near the LPTS Campus:

St Paul UMC, 2000 Douglass Blvd, Louisville, KY 40205

Crescent Hill UMC, 201 S Peterson Ave, Louisville , KY, 40206

Church locator: https://www.umc.org/en/find-a-church