Methodist Union was the joining together of several of the larger British Methodist denominations. These were the Wesleyan Methodists, the Primitive Methodists, and the United Methodists.[1] The process involved many years of negotiation and discussion, as well as a vote by the members of each denomination to approve the union. In 1932 a Uniting Conference met on 20 September in the Royal Albert Hall, London. It adopted the Deed of Union as setting forth the basis of union and declaring and defining the constitution and doctrinal standards of the Methodist Church, and a new Model Deed was executed.[2]
After 1932, the new united body was known simply as The Methodist Church.[1] To distinguish this from Methodism in other countries (chiefly the United States), it is now styled the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
- ^ a b "Methodist Church Act 1976" (PDF). UK Parliament. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ Vickers, John A. (ed.). "Methodist Union". DMBI: A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 25 April 2021.