Free Methodist Church
| Free Methodist Church | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the Free Methodist Church USA | |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Holiness |
| Polity | Modified episcopacy |
| Associations | Global Wesleyan Alliance; Christian Holiness Partnership; Christian Churches Together; Wesleyan Holiness Consortium; World Methodist Council; National Association of Evangelicals |
| Region | Worldwide: divided into 13 General Conferences |
| Founder | Benjamin Titus Roberts |
| Origin | 1860 Pekin, New York |
| Separated from | Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Separations | 1881 - Vanguard Mission 1882 - Pentecost Bands 1932 - Reformed Free Methodist Church 1955 - United Holiness Church (now the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches) 1963 - Evangelical Wesleyan Church 1973 - Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches |
| Congregations | 856 in the United States (average congregation size: 77) |
| Members | 1,200,797 (68,356 in the United States) |
| Official website | fmcusa.org |
The Free Methodist Church (FMC) is a Methodist Christian denomination within the holiness movement, based in the United States. It is evangelical in nature and is Wesleyan–Arminian in theology.
The Free Methodist Church has members in over 100 countries, with 62,516 members in the United States and 1,547,820 members worldwide. The Light & Life Magazine is their official publication. The Free Methodist Church World Ministries Center is in Indianapolis, Indiana.