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Evangelical Wesleyan Church

Evangelical Wesleyan Church

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The Evangelical Wesleyan Church, formerly known as the Evangelical Wesleyan Church of North America, is a Methodist denomination in the conservative holiness movement.[1]

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The tabernacle of Summit Campground, where the Evangelical Wesleyan Church holds its Eastern Annual Conference, as well as a camp meeting, each year.

The formation of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church is a part of the history of Methodism in the United States; its creation was the result of a schism with the Free Methodist Church in 1963.[2] In 1969, it merged with the Midwest Holiness Association, which had also left the Free Methodist Church.[2][3]

The Evangelical Wesleyan Church was founded with a commitment to uphold the doctrine and standards of traditional Methodism.[4][5] It has twenty-seven congregations.[3]

The Church publishes a periodical known as The Earnest Christian and its seminary is the Evangelical Wesleyan Bible Institute (EWBI) in Cooperstown, Pennsylvania.[3] Much of the denomination's literature is printed by LWD Publishing.[4]

It holds a denomination-wide camp meeting at Summit Campground in Cooperstown, Pennsylvania and its General Conference at Camp Nysted in Nysted, Nebraska.[6][7]

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References

  1. [1]
    Brock, Chris (5 December 2021). "In Star Lake, a radiant devotion to a cause as old church gets new life". Watertown Daily Times. Retrieved 7 December 2021. The Hunters conferenced, served and pastored many years with the Evangelical Wesleyan Church, a Methodist denomination in the conservative holiness movement.
  2. [2]
    Kostlevy, William (3 August 2009). Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement. Scarecrow Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780810863187.
  3. [3]
    Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions. Gale. p. 429. ISBN 9780787663841.
  4. [4]
    Evangelical Wesleyan Bible Institute Handbook. Cooperstown: LWD Publishing. 2018.
  5. [5]
    Lewis, James R. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books, Publishers. p. 356. ISBN 9781615927388.
  6. [6]
    "Brevities". Titusville Herald. 27 June 1981. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Only by gravel road can you reach Nysted's old Lutheran church". The Grand Island Independent. 20 March 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2018. Once a part of the Danish organization, the complex currently belongs to the Evangelical Wesleyan Methodist Camp organization, which conducts summer camps at the location.

Further reading

  • A Catechism Prepared Especially for the Members of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church. Cooperstown: LWD Publishing. 2014.
  • Evangelical Wesleyan Bible Institute Handbook. Cooperstown: LWD Publishing. 2018.
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