This is a list of Methodist denominations (or list of Methodist connexions) including those affiliated with the World Methodist Council, as well as those which are not, the latter of which have been indicated with an asterisk. The denominations' relative sizes are not evident from this list. The list may not be comprehensive, but intends to be an accessible overview of the diversity and global scope of contemporary Methodism. This list also includes some

united and uniting churches A united church, also called a uniting church, is a church formed from the merger or other form of church union of two or more different Protestant Christian denominations. Historically, unions of Protestant churches were enforced by the sta ...

with Methodist participation. Some denominations may not have an exclusively Wesleyan heritage.

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Africa

African Methodist Church African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: ** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa *** Ethn ...

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mau ...

, Zimbabwe * African Methodist Episcopal Church,

Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, E ...

* Bantu Methodist Church of Southern Africa * Nigerian Methodist Church * Kenyan Methodist Church * Methodist Church Ghana * Methodist Church of Southern Africa * Methodist Church in Zimbabwe * Methodist Church in Togo * Protestant Methodist Church in Benin * Protestant Methodist Church in Côte d’Ivoire * United Church in Zambia * United Methodist Church, Central Congo *

United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone The Wesleyan Methodist Church Mission started in 1792 after a request of converted settlers from Nova Scotia. The work was under the care of the British Methodists. The first Wesleyan missionary was Dr. George Warren arrived to Sierra Leone in 18 ...

* United Methodist Church, South Congo

Asia

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* Church of North India * Church of Pakistan, The * Church of South India,

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Episcopal Area * Free Methodist Church, Japan * Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas * Korean Methodist Church * Methodist Church in Bangladesh *

Methodist Church Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related Christian denomination, denominations of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John W ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

(Taiwan) * Free Methodist Church, Taiwan * Methodist Church in Sichuan, Qing and Republican China *

Methodist Church in India Methodist Church in India is a Protestant Christian denomination of India. The Methodist Church in India's roots originate in American Methodist missionary activity in India, as opposed to the British and Australian conferences of the Methodi ...

Methodist Church in Indonesia The Methodist Church in Indonesia or GMI ( id, Gereja Methodist Indonesia) is a body within the Methodist tradition in Indonesia. GMI is jointly presided by two bishops, each representing the component annual conferences within the church. History ...

* Methodist Church in Singapore * Methodist Church in Malaysia * Methodist Church, Lower Myanmar * Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar *

Methodist Church in Sri Lanka The Methodist Church of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රි ලංකා මෙතොදිස්ත සභාව ) (Tamil language: இலங்கை மெதடிஸ்த திருச்சபை ''Illangai Methadistha Thiruchabai'') is a ...

* United Church of Christ in the Philippines * United Church of Christ in Japan

Caribbean

Methodist Church in Cuba The Methodist Church in Cuba was a fruit of Methodist church Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related Christian denomination, denominations of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctr ...

* Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic * Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas *

, Bahamas Conference of the (BCMC) * Methodist Church in Puerto Rico * United Church of Canada, Bermuda

Europe

* Evangelical Methodist Church in Portugal * Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches *

Independent Methodist Connexion The Independent Methodist Connexion is a British group of Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist congregations that have their roots in the 18th-century Evangelical Revival. It emphasises the equality of all members and independence of the ...

* Methodist Church in Ireland * Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy * Methodist Church of Great Britain *

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** Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Libre (España) ** Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Unida (España) ** Iglesia Evangélica Metodista (España) * Uniting Church in Sweden * United Methodist Church, European regional conferences ** Central and Southern Europe Central Conference ***

United Methodist Church in Austria United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

*** United Methodist Church in Bulgaria ***

United Methodist Church in Hungary United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

Northern Europe Central Conference of the United Methodist Church Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

*** United Methodist Church in Estonia ***

United Methodist Church in Norway United Methodist Church in Norway ( no, Metodistkirken i Norge) is an annual meeting of the United Methodist Church covering Norway. It consists of 46 congregations and had 10,684 members in 2014. Norway's first Methodist was Ole Peter Petersen ...

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United Methodist Church in Denmark United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

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United Methodist Church in Latvia United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

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United Methodist Church in Lithuania United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

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United Methodist Church in Germany United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

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United Methodist Church in Russia United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

Union of Evangelical Methodist Churches of France Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

* United Protestant Church in Belgium * Wesleyan Reform Union

North America

* African Methodist Episcopal Church * African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church * Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Wesleyan Methodist Church)* * Association of Independent Methodists* * Bethel Methodist Church* * Bible Methodist Connection of Churches* *

Bible Missionary Church The Bible Missionary Church, founded in 1955, is a Christian denomination in the Wesleyan tradition aligned with the Conservative Holiness Movement. It is headquartered in the United States. History Prior to its existence, a multitude of conservat ...

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church The Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Wesleyan Methodism founded and organized by John Wesley in England in 1744 and established in America as the Methodist Episcopal ...

* Church of the Nazarene * Congregational Methodist Church* * Emmanuel Association of Churches* *

Evangelical Methodist Church of America The Evangelical Methodist Church of America (or Evangelical Methodist Conference) Christian denomination based in the United States. Ardently Fundamental, the denomination has its roots in a movement of churches that broke away from Mainline Met ...

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Evangelical Methodist Church The Evangelical Methodist Church (EMC) is a Christian denomination in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The denomination reported 399 churches in the United States, Mexico, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Philippines ...

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Evangelical Methodist Church Conference The Evangelical Methodist Church (EMC) is a Christian denomination in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The denomination reported 399 churches in the United States, Mexico, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Philippines ...

* * Evangelical Wesleyan Church* * First Congregational Methodist Church* * Free Methodist Church, The - North America ** Free Methodist Church in Canada * Fundamental Methodist Conference* * Global Methodist Church* * Immanuel Missionary Church* * Liberation Methodist Connexion* * Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church* *Methodist Church of Mexico * Methodist Protestant Church* * Missionary Methodist Church* *

National Association of Wesleyan Evangelicals The National Association of Wesleyan Evangelicals is a Wesleyan-Holiness Christian network of churches and ministers concentrated mostly in the Southern United States. The association claims seven member congregations and a handful of individual ...

* * Pillar of Fire Church* * Primitive Methodist Church* * Southern Congregational Methodist Church* * Southern Methodist Church* * United Church of Canada * United Methodist Church, United States * Wesleyan Church ''* = not a part of the World Methodist Council''

South America

* Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina * Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia *

Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay The Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay is a member of the World Methodist Council. It has 1,000 members and 12 congregations. It is also an autonomous affiliate of the United Methodist Church. History The church was founded by British m ...

Methodist Church in Chile The Methodist Church in Chile was founded by missionaries from the United States. The mission came under the Methodist Episcopal Church.In 1901 the Chile district become a conference. In 1969 it became autonomous. The church maintains relationship w ...

* Methodist Church in ColombiaIglesia Colombiana Metodista
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Evangelical Methodist Church in Costa Rica Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "born again", in which an individual experi ...

Evangelical United Church Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "born again", in which an individual exper ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

* Evangelical Methodist Church in Panama *

Evangelical Methodist Community Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "born again", in which an individual experi ...

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

* Methodist Church in Peru

Oceania

* Chinese Methodist Church in Australia *

Free Wesleyan Church The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga (FWCT; Tongan: ''Siasi Uēsiliana Tau‘atāina ‘o Tonga'') is a Methodist denomination in Tonga. It is the largest Christian denomination in the nation and is often mistaken to be its state church. It has it ...

, Tonga * Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma * Methodist Church of New Zealand * Uniting Church in Australia

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