Global Methodist Church (GMC)
Traditionalist Methodist denomination launched May 1, 2022, following separation from the UMC
The Global Methodist Church (GMC) was launched on May 1, 2022, as a traditionalist, orthodox alternative to the United Methodist Church (UMC) following decades of escalating conflict over biblical authority, the unique salvific lordship of Christ, and traditional Christian sexual ethics, resulting in the disaffiliation of over 7,600 congregations from the UMC between 2022 and 2024.
Historical Context & Significance
The GMC convened its historic Convening General Conference in San José, Costa Rica, in September 2024, ratifying the *Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline*, affirming orthodox Wesleyan Arminian theology, term limits for bishops, and congregational property ownership.
Genealogical Lineage & Splits
United Methodist Church (Post-2024 Realignment)
The United Methodist Church (UMC) was formed in 1968 through the union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Following the departure of one-quarter of its American churches to the Global Methodist Church, the landmark UMC General Conference in Charlotte in May 2024 voted overwhelmingly to repeal its 52-year-old bans on LGBTQ+ ordination and marriage, while adopting 'regionalization' to grant autonomy to African and overseas annual conferences.
Separated in 2022 ADTheological & Hermeneutical Coordinates
Primary Scripture Proof-Texts
Key biblical passages central to this tradition's exegesis and historical debates.
Connected Theological Perspectives & Debates
Universal acknowledgment that God is sovereign, omniscient, and that election is a clear biblical doctrine rooted in God's eternal purpose.
Agreement across traditions that endurance in holiness and faith is the mark of authentic discipleship, and that persistent unrepentant sin leads to destruction.
Universal confession that men and women possess equal dignity, worth, and spiritual standing as image-bearers of God and co-heirs of the grace of life in Christ.
Unanimous agreement across all Christian communions on the 27 books of the New Testament as divinely inspired canonical scripture.
Universal confession that the Holy Spirit indwells every true Christian and empowers the church to bear witness to Jesus Christ.
Universal Christian confession that Holy Scripture is divinely inspired, supremely authoritative, and completely trustworthy for knowing God and receiving salvation.
Universal confession that salvation transforms the believer into the likeness of Jesus Christ and delivers from the corruption of worldly lust.