| Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Methodism |
| Orientation | Holiness movement |
| Theology | Wesleyan-Arminian |
| Polity | Connexionalism |
| Separated from | Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Congregations | 11[1] |
| Official website | www.lrchmc.org |
TheLumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church is aMethodist connexion within theholiness movement.[2]
The foundation of the Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church is part of thehistory of Methodism in the United States; Union Methodist Episcopal Chapel was a congregation of theMethodist Episcopal Church, being established in 1858 inRobeson County, North Carolina.[3] For some time, it was connected with theAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and then again to the Methodist Episcopal Church.[3] On 26 October 1900 a meeting at Union Methodist Episcopal Chapel, the Lumber River Mission Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church was organized for the purpose of ministering toNative Americans andAfrican Americans, though the connexion always had a membership of people from all racial backgrounds.[3] Many people of theLumbee tribe joined the Holiness Methodist Church.[4] Since its origin, the Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church has preserved the distinctives of early Methodism, such as theclass meeting.[2]
As of 1988, the Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church has eight churches and threemissions.[1]
