The New Methodist Conference (NMC) is a
Methodist
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denomination with a liturgically
high church
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orientation.
The formation of the New Methodist Conference is a part of the
history of Methodism in the United States
The history of Methodism in the United States dates back to the mid-18th century with the ministries of early Methodist preachers such as Laurence Coughlan and Robert Strawbridge. Following the American Revolution most of the Anglican clergy w ...
. It originated as a
schism
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with 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 ...
in 2005, being formed by Rob Jones and Deborah Giordano, who were formerly United Methodist clergy.
The denomination ordains clergy in
apostolic succession
Apostolic succession is the method whereby the Christian ministry, ministry of the Christian Church is considered by some Christian denominations to be derived from the Twelve Apostles, apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been ...
, which trace through
Old Catholic
The terms Old Catholic Church, Old Catholics, Old-Catholic churches, or Old Catholic movement, designate "any of the groups of Western Christians who believe themselves to maintain in complete loyalty the doctrine and traditions of the Great C ...
lines of the
historic episcopate
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; these include the threefold office of deacon, priest, and bishop.
It does affirm the
ordination of women in Methodism
The ordination of women has been commonly practiced in List of Methodist denominations, Methodist denominations since the 20th century, and some denominations earlier allowed women to preacher, preach.
Historically, ordination of women#Christiani ...
.
The New Methodist Conference encourages expressions of
Methodist Christian monasticism.
The name "New Methodist Conference" (later called the
Evangelical Association
The Evangelical Church or Evangelical Association, also known in the late 1700s as the New Methodist Conference and in the early 1800s as the Albright Brethren, was a "body of American Christians chiefly of German descent". It was Wesleyan theolo ...
) was used by the connexion established in the 1700s under the leadership of
Jacob Albright
Jacob Albright (also spelled Jakob Albrecht; May 1, 1759 – May 18, 1808) was an American Christian leader, founder of Albright's People (''Die Albrechtsleute'') which was officially named the Evangelical Association (''Evangelische Gemeinscha ...
, a Lutheran who converted to Methodism and was ordained in that denomination after accepting the Methodist teachings on the
New Birth
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and
entire sanctification
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.
See also
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Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christianity, Christian movement that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism, and to a lesser extent influenced other traditions such as Quakers, Quakerism, Anabaptism, and Restorationism. Churches aligned with ...
References
External links
New Methodist Conference (NMC){{Methodism footer
Methodist denominations in North America
History of Methodism in the United States
Christian denominations founded in the United States