United Methodist Free Churches
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United Methodist Free Churches was an English nonconformist community in the last half of the 19th century. It was formed in 1857 by the amalgamation of the Wesleyan Association (which had in 1836 largely absorbed the Protestant Methodists of 1828) and the Wesleyan Reformers (dating from 1849, when a number of Wesleyan Methodist ministers were expelled on a charge of insubordination). It merged into the United Methodist Church in 1907.[1]
The United Methodist Free Churches had sent missionaries and established congregations in various colonies of Australia. These joined with four other Methodist denominations to unite as the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1902.[2]
See also
Further reading
- Oliver A Beckerlegge, The United Methodist Free Churches: A study in freedom, London: Epworth Press, 1957.
References
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "United Methodist Free Churches". Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 608. - ↑ "METHODIST CHURCH OF AUSTRALASIA.". The Sydney Morning Herald (19,909). New South Wales, Australia. 1 January 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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