| Bible Methodist Connection of Churches | |
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| Classification | Methodism |
| Orientation | Conservative Holiness |
| Polity | Connectionalism |
| Connectional Chairman | Blake Jones |
| Vice Chairman | Jack Hooker |
| Associations | Interchurch Holiness Convention (IHC) |
| Founder | John Wesley |
| Origin | 1967 |
| Separated from | Wesleyan Methodist Church (1967) |
| Absorbed | United Holiness Church (1994)[1] Pilgrim Nazarene Church (2019)[2] |
| Official website | biblemethodist.org |
TheBible Methodist Connection of Churches is aMethodist denomination in the United States within theconservative holiness movement.
In 1943, the General Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church recommended the strengthening of the “central supervisory authority to oversee the work of our Church.”[3] The Wesleyan Methodist Church adopted a proposal in 1966 to merge with thePilgrim Holiness Church, thus forming theWesleyan Church; those who strongly disagreed with the merger, as well as the trend of greater centralization, formed the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches.[3][4]
In 1994, theUnited Holiness Church, which broke from theFree Methodist Church in 1955, joined the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches.[1]
In 2019, the Pilgrim Nazarene Church merged into the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches.[2]
The connection is divided into four regional conferences: the Southern Conference, led by Rev. Doug Eads; the Southwest Conference, led by Rev. Aaron Johnson; the Heartland Conference, led by Rev. Chris Cravens; and the Great Lakes Conference, led by Rev. David Ward.[5]
The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches operate oneChristian school, three family camps, and three youth camps.[6]
Seminarians attendGod's Bible School and College inCincinnati andHobe Sound Bible College inHobe Sound.[6]
The Bible Methodist Connection of Tennessee, the Bible Holiness Church, and the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches were formed as a result of the opposition to the merger of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Pilgrim Holiness Church into the Wesleyan Church (1968).
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