The Southern Congregational Methodist Church (SCMC) is a
Methodist
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denomination within the
Wesleyan-Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christian movement that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism, and to a lesser extent other traditions such as Quakerism, Anabaptism, and Restorationism. The movement is historically distinguished by its empha ...
of Christianity. It reported 29 churches located in the Southern
United States
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as of 2007.
Background
The Southern Congregational Methodist Church was formed in 1982.
Affiliated churches espouse an Evangelicalism, Evangelical doctrine and are found largely in rural areas of the American South. The churches emphasize "the basic fundamental doctrines of the historic Christian faith within the framework of traditional Methodism" typical of most Methodist bodies in the Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christian movement that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism, and to a lesser extent other traditions such as Quakerism, Anabaptism, and Restorationism. The movement is historically distinguished by its emph ...
"in the John Wesley
John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...
tradition."
The governmental structure of the church is made up of monthly local church conferences, annual district conferences, and quadrennial general conferences.
Southern Congregational Methodist churches were found in the following U.S. states as of 2007: Alabama
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, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
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, Florida
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, Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, Mississippi
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, Tennessee
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, and Texas
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. The denomination supported two mission groups as of 2007.[CMC churches archive](_blank)
/ref> As of 2015, several Southern Congregational Methodist Churches were found on the roster of the larger Congregational Methodist Church
The Congregational Methodist Church is a Methodist denomination located primarily in the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It is aligned with the Holiness movement and adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology. As of 1995, the denominat ...
[http://www.cm-church.org/#/church-finder Congregational Methodist Church church finder page]
See also
* Congregational Methodist Church
The Congregational Methodist Church is a Methodist denomination located primarily in the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It is aligned with the Holiness movement and adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology. As of 1995, the denominat ...
* Methodism
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 br ...
* Methodist Episcopal Church, South
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC, S; also Methodist Episcopal Church South) was the American Methodist denomination resulting from the 19th-century split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). Disagreement ...
* Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christian movement that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism, and to a lesser extent other traditions such as Quakerism, Anabaptism, and Restorationism. The movement is historically distinguished by its emph ...
Notes
External links
Southern Congregational Methodist Church
archived website
Southern
Southern may refer to:
Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
* Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US
* Southern Airways Express, M ...
Evangelical denominations in North America
Holiness denominations
1982 establishments in the United States
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