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The '''United Methodist Church (UMC)''' is the second largest scouting partner of [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_organizations_of_the_Boy_Scouts_of_America BSA Chartered Organizations]</ref> They also sponsor scouting in many other countries of the world as their primary youth activity program. | The '''United Methodist Church (UMC)''' is the second largest scouting partner of [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_organizations_of_the_Boy_Scouts_of_America BSA Chartered Organizations]</ref> They also sponsor scouting in many other countries of the world as their primary youth activity program. | ||
is a | is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor—the Methodist Church (USA)—was a leader in Evangelicalism. It was founded in 1968 in [[Dallas, Texas]], United States, by [[United and uniting churches|union]] of the [[Methodist Church (USA)|Methodist Church]] and the [[Evangelical United Brethren Church]]. The UMC traces its roots back to the [[Christian revival|revival]] movement of [[John Wesley|John]] and [[Charles Wesley]] in England as well as the [[Great Awakening]] in the United States.<ref name="UMCofWB" /><ref name="Methodist Central Hall Westminster—Methodism" /> As such, the church's theological orientation is decidedly [[Wesleyanism|Wesleyan]].<ref name="Longhenry-Wesleyanism" /> It embraces both [[liturgical]] and evangelical elements.<ref name="UMC-Evangelical" /><ref name="EPPC" /> It has a [[Connexionalism|connectional polity]], a typical feature of a number of Methodist denominations. | ||
The United Methodist Church, with at least 12 million members as of 2014, is the [[List of Christian denominations by number of members|largest denomination]] within the wider Methodist movement of approximately 80 million people across the world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cracknell|first=Kenneth|title=An introduction to world Methodism|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|url=http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/18490/frontmatter/9780521818490_frontmatter.pdf|author2=White, Susan J. }}</ref> In the [[United States]], the UMC ranks as the largest mainline Protestant denomination, the largest [[Protestant]] church after the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], and the third largest Christian denomination. | The United Methodist Church, with at least 12 million members as of 2014, is the [[List of Christian denominations by number of members|largest denomination]] within the wider Methodist movement of approximately 80 million people across the world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cracknell|first=Kenneth|title=An introduction to world Methodism|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|url=http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/18490/frontmatter/9780521818490_frontmatter.pdf|author2=White, Susan J. }}</ref> In the [[United States]], the UMC ranks as the largest mainline Protestant denomination, the largest [[Protestant]] church after the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], and the third largest Christian denomination. | ||
