The Wesleyan Church

Overview

The Wesleyan Church is an Arminian, Holiness-tradition denomination formed in 1968 by the merger of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Pilgrim Holiness Church; its roots run back to the 1840s abolitionist Wesleyan Methodist withdrawal from the Methodist Episcopal Church over slavery. It holds Wesleyan-Arminian soteriology, teaches the possibility of entire sanctification, practices believer's baptism, and ordains both men and women. AskCredo places the Wesleyan Church in the B-tier as a broadly orthodox evangelical body whose Arminian-Wesleyan soteriology differs substantively from Reformed confessional teaching on election, perseverance, and the nature of sanctification.

Confession / Standard

Wesleyan Articles of Religion

Governance

episcopal-congregational

Soteriology

arminian

Key Beliefs

• Wesleyan-Arminian soteriology
• Entire sanctification (second work of grace)
• Biblical inerrancy
• Traditional marriage
• Women's ordination

Distinctives

• Arminian soteriology
• Entire sanctification doctrine requires careful evaluation

Background

North America · Founded 1968

Official Website

https://wesleyan.org