Sabah Methodist Church
The Sabah Methodist Church is a body within the Methodist tradition in Malaysia. With approximately 200,000 members in more than 1034 congregations (local and preaching points), it is the largest Protestant denomination in the country.Methodist Church in Malaysia Statistics. Retrieved 19 June 2006 The current bishop of the Methodist Church in Malaysia is the Rev Dr Ong Hwai Teik . The other body of Methodists in Malaysia is the Free Methodist Church in MalaysiaFree Methodist Board of Bishops State of the Work Report (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2006 in 2002.Free Methodist World Missions Malaysia. Retrieved 19 June 2006 The History of the Methodist Church in Malaysia The church shares part of its heritage with the Methodist Church in Singapore as both the territories shared a similar political history. The history of the Methodist Church in Malaysia began following a decision taken at the South India Conference held in Hyderabad in 1884, when William Oldham was appointed as a ...
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Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to be growing Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors, abuses, and discrepancies within it. Protestantism emphasizes the Christian believer's justification by God in faith alone (') rather than by a combination of faith with good works as in Catholicism; the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by Grace in Christianity, divine grace or "unmerited favor" only ('); the Universal priesthood, priesthood of all faithful believers in the Church; and the ''sola scriptura'' ("scripture alone") that posits the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. Most Protestants, with the exception of Anglo-Papalism, reject the Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy, ...
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