Methodist Church in Ireland

Wesleyan Methodist church in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Methodist Church in IrelandClassificationProtestantOrientationMethodistTheologyWesleyanPolityConnexionalLeaderChanges annuallyAssociationsWorld Council of Churches, World Methodist Council, Communion of Protestant Churches in EuropeRegionIrelandOrigin1784Separated fromChurch of IrelandSeparationsFellowship of Independent Methodist Churches 1973Congregations232Membersapprox 50,000 (2018)[needs update]Ministers108Secondary schools2Official websitewww.irishmethodist.org Part of a series onMethodismJohn Wesley Background History (in the United States) Divergence from Anglicanism Arminianism First Great Awakening Moravianism Nonconformism Pietism Wesleyan theology Doctrine Doctrinal standards Bible Old Testament New Testament Creeds Nicene Creed Apostles' Creed Articles of Religion Sermons on Several Occasions Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament Distinctive beliefs and practices Assurance of faith Conditional preservationof the saints Priesthood of all believers Sainthood Four sources of theological authority Covenant theology Substitutionary atonement Imparted righteousness Moral law New birth Free will Outw