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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 (5,821 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 is part of Mainline Protestantism[12].
  • United Methodist Church is part of Methodism[13].
  • United Methodist Church's Commons category is recorded as United Methodist Church[14].
  • United Methodist Church comprises First United Methodist Church of Chicago[15].
  • 1968 marks the founding of United Methodist Church[16].
  • United Methodist Church's location of formation is recorded as Dallas[17].
  • United Methodist Church's official website is recorded as http://www.umc.org/[18].
  • United Methodist Church's official website is recorded as https://www.umc.org/[19].
  • United Methodist Church's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United Methodist Church[20].
  • United Methodist Church's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as denomination=united_methodist[21].
  • United Methodist Church's replaces is recorded as Evangelical United Brethren Church[22].
  • United Methodist Church's replaces is recorded as The Methodist Church[23].
  • United Methodist Church's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14302'}[24].
  • United Methodist Church's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+13277'}[25].
  • United Methodist Church's location URL match pattern is recorded as ^https:\/\/www.umc.org\/find-a-church\/church\?id=([\da-zA-Z]{18})$[26].
  • United Methodist Church's location information URL is recorded as https://www.umc.org/en/find-a-church[27].

Body

Founding

1968 marks the founding of United Methodist Church[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Dallas[17].

Identity

Part of include Mainline Protestantism[12], in United States[28] and Methodism[13], a Christian denominational family[29].

Why It Matters

United Methodist Church ranks in the top 3% of christian_denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,821 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . 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. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q17088
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 17w 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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