| Methodist Church in India | |
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| Classification | Methodist |
| Theology | Wesleyan-Arminian |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Associations | World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the National Council of Churches in India and World Methodist Council |
| Congregations | 2,460 |
| Members | 648,000 |
| Official website | https://worldmethodistcouncil.org |
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Methodist Church in India is a Protestant Christian denomination of India.
The Methodist Church in India's roots originate in American Methodist missionary activity in India, as opposed to the British and Australian conferences of the Methodist Churches, which joined the Church of South India and the Church of North India that emerged as a result of the ecumenical merger of the Methodist Church of Great Britain, Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (Anglican) and other Protestant denominations.[1]
Methodism came to India in 1856.[2][3] It has hundreds of thousands of members.[4] It is a member of the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the National Council of Churches in India and World Methodist Council.[4] It runs schools.[4][5]
The Methodist Church in India (MCI), is an "autonomous affiliated" Church in relation to the United Methodist Church.[6][7]
It has episcopal polity.
- ^ "Church of North India". World Methodist Council. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
The Church of North India is a united church which came into being as the result of a union of six churches on 29th November 1970. The six churches were: The Council of the Baptist Churches in Northern India, The Church of the Brethren in India; The Disciples of Christ; The Church of India (formerly known as the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon); The Methodist Church (British and Australian Conferences); The United Church of Northern India. ... The Church of North India is a full member of the World Council of Churches, the Christian Conference of Asia, the Council for World Mission, the Anglican Consultative Council, the World Methodist Council and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
- ^ "Building bridges with Methodist Church in India". United Methodist News Service. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ Latourette, 1961.
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- ^ Latourette, 1962.
- ^ "The Methodist Church in India: Bangalore Episcopal Area". The United Methodist Church GBGM. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "India Methodists celebrate 150 years of ministry". The United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-10-18.