The Evangelical Wesleyan Church, formerly known as the Evangelical Wesleyan Church of North America, is a
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
denomination in the
conservative holiness movement
The conservative holiness movement is a loosely defined group of theologically conservative Christian denominations with the majority being Methodists whose teachings are rooted in the theology of John Wesley, and a minority being Quakers (F ...
.
The formation of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church is a part of the
history of Methodism in the United States; its creation was the result of a
schism
A schism ( , , or, less commonly, ) is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a split in what had previously been a single religious body, suc ...
with the
Free Methodist Church in 1963.
In 1969, it merged with the Midwest Holiness Association, which had also left the Free Methodist Church.
The Evangelical Wesleyan Church was founded with a commitment to uphold the doctrine and standards of traditional Methodism.
It has twenty-seven congregations.
The Church publishes a
periodical known as ''The Earnest Christian'' and its seminary is the
Evangelical Wesleyan Bible Institute (EWBI) in
Cooperstown, Pennsylvania.
Much of the denomination's literature is printed by LWD Publishing.
It holds a denomination-wide
camp meeting at Summit Campground in
Cooperstown, Pennsylvania and its General Conference at Camp Nysted in
Nysted, Nebraska.
See also
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Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches
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Reformed Free Methodist Church
References
Further reading
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