This is a list of Methodist denominations (or Methodist connexions). Those not affiliated with the

World Methodist Council The World Methodist Council (WMC), founded in 1881, is a consultative body that represents churches within Methodism and facilitates cooperation among its member denominations. It comprises 80 denominations in 138 countries which together repres ...

are marked with an asterisk (*). This list includes some

united and uniting churches A united church, also called a uniting church, is a denomination formed from the merger or other form of church union of two or more different Protestant Christian denominations, a number of which come from separate and distinct denomination ...

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

List

Africa

* African Methodist Church,

West Africa West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Gha ...

* African Methodist Church,

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

African Methodist Episcopal Church The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States. It adheres to Wesleyan theology, Wesleyan–Arminian theology and has a connexionalism, connexional polity. It ...

Central Africa Central Africa (French language, French: ''Afrique centrale''; Spanish language, Spanish: ''África central''; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''África Central'') is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries accordin ...

* Bantu Methodist Church of Southern Africa * Nigerian Methodist Church * Kenyan Methodist Church * Methodist Church Ghana *

Methodist Church of Southern Africa The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) is a large Wesleyan Methodism, Methodist denomination, with local churches across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, and a more limited presence in Mozambique. It is a member chu ...

* Methodist Church in Zimbabwe * Methodist Church in Togo * Protestant Methodist Church in Benin * Protestant Methodist Church in Côte d’Ivoire *

United Church in Zambia The United Church in Zambia is the largest Protestant church in Zambia with coverage of all the ten provinces of the country The church formed on 16 January 1965, this is a result of the union of Church of Central Africa, Rhodesia (a mission of the ...

United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant Christian denomination, denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was ...

, Central Congo * United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone *

, South Congo

Asia

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Church of North India The Church of North India (CNI) is the dominant united and uniting churches, united Protestant church in northern India. It was established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together most of the Protestant churches working in northern India. It i ...

Church of Pakistan The Church of Pakistan is a united Protestant church in Pakistan founded in 1970; it holds membership in the Anglican Communion, the World Communion of Reformed Churches,Database (9 February 2006)"Sialkot Diocese of the Church of Pakistan". R ...

, The *

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of Protestant denominations in South India that occurred after the independence of India. With a membership of over 4.5 million, it ...

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

Episcopal Area *

Free Methodist Church The Free Methodist Church (FMC) is a Methodist Christian denomination within the holiness movement, based in the United States. It is Evangelicalism, evangelical in nature and is Wesleyan theology, Wesleyan–Arminian in theology. The Free Met ...

, Japan * Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas * Korean Methodist Church *

Methodist Church in Bangladesh Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...

Methodist Church Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

(Taiwan) *

, Taiwan * Methodist Church in Sichuan, Qing and Republican China * Methodist Church in India * Methodist Church in Indonesia *

Methodist Church in Singapore The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) is the church that Methodists in Singapore belong to. The Church has 46 church (building), churches island-wide with around 45,000 members and is the largest mainline Protestant denomination in Singapore. I ...

* Methodist Church in Malaysia * Methodist Church, Lower Myanmar * Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar * Methodist Church in Sri Lanka * United Church of Christ in the Philippines * United Church of Christ in Japan

Caribbean

* Methodist Church in Cuba * Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic *

Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and Americas is a Methodist denomination in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, the British & the US Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, ...

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

United Church of Canada The United Church of Canada (UCC; ) is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomination after the Catholic Church in Canada. The United Chu ...

, Bermuda

Europe

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

Methodist Church in Ireland The Methodist Church in Ireland () is a Wesleyan Methodist church that operates across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on an all-Ireland basis. It is the fourth-largest Christian denomination in Northern Ireland. The Irish Met ...

Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy The Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy (), known also as Italian Methodist Church (''Chiese Metodista Italiana''), is a Protestant church in the Methodist tradition active in Italy that is in full communion with the historical Waldensian Evang ...

Methodist Church of Great Britain The Methodist Church of Great Britain is a Protestantism, Protestant List of Christian denominations, Christian denomination in Britain, and the mother church to Methodism, Methodists worldwide. It participates in the World Methodist Council. M ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

** Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Libre (España) ** Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Unida (España) ** Iglesia Evangélica Metodista (España) * Uniting Church in Sweden *

, European regional conferences **

Central and Southern Europe Central Conference Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

*** United Methodist Church in Austria *** United Methodist Church in Bulgaria *** United Methodist Church in Hungary ** Northern Europe Central Conference of the United Methodist Church *** United Methodist Church in Norway *** United Methodist Church in Denmark *** United Methodist Church in Latvia *** United Methodist Church in Lithuania *** United Methodist Church in Germany *** United Methodist Church in Russia ** Union of Evangelical Methodist Churches of France *

United Protestant Church in Belgium The United Protestant Church in Belgium (VPKB/EPUB) is a minority Christian church in Belgium, where the majority of the population is Catholic. It is the largest Protestant denomination in the country. The name of the church in Dutch is ''Vereni ...

* Wesleyan Reform Union

North America

(see also chart below) Grace Wesleyan Methodist Church

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, or the AME Zion Church (AMEZ) is a historically African-American Christian denomination based in the United States. It was officially formed in 1821 in New York City, but operated for a number of y ...

* African Union Methodist Protestant Church* *

Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (AWMC) is a Methodist denomination within the conservative holiness movement. It is primarily based in the United States, with missions in Peru, Ghana, and Haiti. The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Conne ...

* * Association of Independent Methodists* * Bethel Methodist Church* *

Bible Methodist Connection of Churches The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) biblical languages ...

* * Bible Missionary Church* *

British Methodist Episcopal Church The British Methodist Episcopal Church (BMEC) is a Methodist denomination based in Canada. The BMEC was organized on 26 September 1856. The majority of the British Methodist Episcopal Church merged with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME ...

* Christian Methodist Episcopal Church * Christ's Sanctified Holy Church* *

Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism during the late 19th century. The denomination has its headquarters in Lenexa, Kansas. and it ...

* Congregational Methodist Church* *

Emmanuel Association of Churches __NOTOC__ The Emmanuel Association of Churches is a Methodist denomination in the conservative holiness movement. The formation of the Emmanuel Association is a part of the history of Methodism in the United States. It was formed in 1937 as a r ...

* *

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 M ...

* * Evangelical Methodist Church* *

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, Philippine ...

* * Evangelical Wesleyan Church* *

First Congregational Methodist Church The First Congregational Methodist Church (often abbreviated as FCMC or FCM Church) is a Methodist Christian denomination in the Southern United States. It has its theological roots in the teachings of John Wesley and adheres to the Methodist Artic ...

* * Free Methodist Church, The - North America ** Free Methodist Church in Canada * Fundamental Methodist Conference* * Global Methodist Church* *

Immanuel Missionary Church The Immanuel Missionary Church (IMC) is a Methodist denomination within the conservative holiness movement. The formation of the Immanuel Missionary Church is a part of the history of Methodism in the United States. The Immanuel Missionary Chu ...

* * Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church* *Methodist Church of Mexico *

Methodist Protestant Church The Methodist Protestant Church (MPC) is a Methodist denomination of Christianity that is based in the United States. It was formed in 1828 by former members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, being Wesleyan in doctrine and worship, but adopt ...

* *

Missionary Methodist Church The Missionary Methodist Church is a Methodist denomination in the holiness movement. The foundation of the Missionary Methodist Church is part of the history of Methodism in the United States. In 1913, a schism A schism ( , , or, less commo ...

* * National Association of Wesleyan Evangelicals* * New Methodist Conference* * Pillar of Fire Church* *

Primitive Methodist Church The Primitive Methodist Church is a Christian denomination within the holiness movement. Originating in early 19th-century England as a Christian revival, revivalist movement within Methodism, it was heavily influenced by American evangelist Loren ...

* * Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church* * Southern Congregational Methodist Church* * Southern Methodist Church* * Union American Methodist Episcopal Church* *

, United States *

Wesleyan Church The Wesleyan Church, also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church or Wesleyan Holiness Church depending on the region, is a United States-based Christian denomination headquartered in Fishers, Indiana, with congregations across North America, th ...

''* = not a part of the

South America

*Free Methodist Church in Brazil * Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina * Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia * Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay * Methodist Church in Chile * Methodist Church in ColombiaIglesia Colombiana Metodista
* Evangelical Methodist Church in Costa Rica * Evangelical United Church,

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

* Evangelical Methodist Church in Panama * Evangelical Methodist Community -

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

* Methodist Church in Peru

Oceania

* Chinese Methodist Church in Australia * Free Wesleyan Church, Tonga * Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma * Methodist Church of New Zealand *

Uniting Church in Australia The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) is a united church in Australia. The church was founded on 22 June 1977 when most Wiktionary:congregation, congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church o ...

* United Church in Papua New Guinea

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