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Glossary: United Methodist Church, The

This denomination was formed in 1968 by the union of The Evangelical United Brethren Church and The Methodist Church. It serves members in more than seventy Annual Conferences in five Jurisdictional Conferences in the United States and nearly forty Annual and Provisional Annual Conferences in seven Central Conferences in Africa, Europe and the Philippines.

Source: A Dictionary for United Methodists, Alan K. Waltz, Copyright 1991, Abingdon Press. Used by Permission.

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