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United Methodist Church

Methodist Mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States
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United Methodist Church

Summary

United Methodist Church is a Christian denomination[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of christian_denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,418 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • United Methodist Church was a member of World Methodist Council[3].
  • United Methodist Church was a member of World Council of Churches[4].
  • United Methodist Church was a member of Churches Uniting in Christ[5].
  • United Methodist Church was a member of Wesleyan Holiness Consortium[6].
  • United Methodist Church was a member of Christian Holiness Partnership[7].
  • United Methodist Church was a member of National Council of Churches[8].
  • United Methodist Church's religion is recorded as Methodism[9].
  • United Methodist Church is in the country of United States[10].
  • United Methodist Church's instance of is recorded as Christian denomination[11].
  • United Methodist Church's logo image is recorded as Logo of the United Methodist Church.svg[12].
  • United Methodist Church's ISNI is recorded as 0000000114320740[13].
  • United Methodist Church's GND ID is recorded as 80730-8[14].
  • United Methodist Church's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80021648[15].
  • United Methodist Church's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 135139496[16].
  • United Methodist Church's IdRef ID is recorded as 050455575[17].
  • United Methodist Church's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA07720460[18].
  • United Methodist Church's part of is recorded as Mainline Protestantism[19].
  • United Methodist Church's part of is recorded as Methodism[20].
  • United Methodist Church's Commons category is recorded as United Methodist Church[21].
  • United Methodist Church's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 50704271[22].
  • United Methodist Church's has part is recorded as First United Methodist Church of Chicago[23].
  • +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Methodist Church[24].
  • United Methodist Church's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07y1z[25].
  • United Methodist Church's Open Library ID is recorded as OL189063A[26].
  • United Methodist Church's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20020612007[27].

Body

Founding

+1968-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Methodist Church[24]. Its location of formation is recorded as Dallas[28].

Identity

Part of include Mainline Protestantism[19], in United States[29] and Methodism[20], a Christian denominational family[30].

Why It Matters

United Methodist Church ranks in the top 3% of christian_denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,418 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-05-22. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country → United States
    Cinii research id → 1981712334679834498
    Member of → World Methodist Council, World Council of Churches, Churches Uniting in Christ +4
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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