World Methodist Council
The World Methodist Council is a communion of churches founded in 1881 in the Methodist tradition which comprises most of the churches, which traced back to John Wesley.
To the World Methodist Council Methodist churches are 74 in 132 countries, representing a total of about 75 million members, making Methodism to one of the largest Protestant denominations.
Connected to the World Council, the World Fellowship of Methodist and Uniting Churches, the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, the World Methodist Historical Society, World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women and the General Commission on Archives and History.
Organization
The highest organ of the World Council of Methodist Churches, the World Methodist Conference, which meets every five years. The last meeting took place on 18 and 19 July, 2006 Seoul, Korea. The next conference is in August, 2011 in Durban, South Africa.
The conduit has offices in Lake Junaluska (headquarters), Nashville and Atlanta
Currently consists of the line:
Activity
The World Methodist Council is in ecumenical dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran World Federation and the World Alliance of Reformed. He is going to develop an ecumenical dialogue with the Orthodox churches and the Pentecostal churches.
The World Council awards since 1977, the Methodist Peace Prize, the world's tallest Methodist award.
Member churches (selection)
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
- Church of North India
- Church of Pakistan
- Church of South India
- United Methodist Church
- Church of the Nazarene
- Methodist Church in Kenya
- Methodist Church of Great Britain
- Methodist Church Nigeria
- United Church of Canada