Evangelical Methodist Church | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Methodist |
Theology | Evangelical, Holiness |
Polity | Congregational-Connectional |
Associations | Christian Holiness Partnership, Global Wesleyan Alliance (2011) |
Region | Worldwide: North American Conference divided into two Districts (USA and Canada) and Mexico Missions Conference. |
Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Origin | 1946 |
Separated from | The Methodist Church |
Merger of | The People's Methodist Church (1962), Evangel Church (1960) |
Separations | Evangelical Methodist Church of America (1953) Bethel Methodist Church (1989) National Association of Wesleyan Evangelicals (2010) |
Congregations | Worldwide 399, USA 80 |
Members | Approx. 34,656 |
The Evangelical Methodist Church (EMC) is a Christian denomination in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The denomination reported 399 churches in the United States, Mexico, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Philippines and several European and African nations in 2018, and a total of 34,656 members worldwide (with about 7,300 members in around 80 churches in the United States).[1]