Primitive Methodist Church

Primitive Methodist Church
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationHoliness[1]
TheologyMethodism
AssociationsWorld Federation of Primitive Methodists
Christian Holiness Partnership[1]
National Association of Evangelicals
Origin1807
Separated fromWesleyan Methodist Church
Congregations83[2]
Members8,487[2]
Official websiteprimitivemethodistchurch.org
pmglobaldiscipleship.org

The Primitive Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination within the holiness movement. It began in England in the early 19th century, with the influence of American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834).

In the United States, the Primitive Methodist Church had eighty-three parishes and 8,487 members in 1996.[2] In Great Britain and Australia, the Primitive Methodist Church merged with other denominations, to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain in 1932 and the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1901. The latter subsequently merged into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977.[3]

  1. ^ a b Hillerbrand, Hans J. (2 August 2004). Encyclopedia of Protestantism. Routledge. p. 1898. ISBN 9781135960285.
  2. ^ a b c Balmer, Randall Herbert (2002). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 468. ISBN 9780664224097. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. ^ Trickler, C. Jack (2010). A Layman's Guide To: Why Are There So Many Christian Denominations?. p. 177. ISBN 9781449045784. In 1932 the British part of the Primitive Methodist Church merged with the British Wesleyan Church and the British United Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain.