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United_Methodist_Church

By the opening of the 2008 General Conference, total UMC membership was estimated at 11.4 million, with about 7.9 million in the U.S. and 3.5 million overseas. Significantly, about 20% of the conference delegates were from Africa, with Filipinos and Europeans making up another 10%. During the conference, the delegates voted to finalize the induction of the Methodist Church of the Ivory Coast and its 700,000 members into the denomination. Given current trends in the UMC—with overseas churches growing, especially in Africa, and U.S. churches collectively losing about 1,000 members a week—it has been estimated that Africans will make up at least 30% of the delegates at the 2012 General Conference, and it is also possible that 40% of the delegates will be from outside the U.S. One Congolese bishop has estimated that typical Sunday attendance of the UMC is higher in his country than in the entire United States.

Question: What was the breakdown of conference attendees in 2008?
Answer: 20% of the conference delegates were from Africa, with Filipinos and Europeans making up another 10%

Question: What were the statistics for conference attendees in 2008?
Answer: about 20% of the conference delegates were from Africa, with Filipinos and Europeans making up another 10%
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Subordinate to the General Conference are the jurisdictional and central conferences which also meet every four years. The United States is divided into five jurisdictions: Northeastern, Southeastern, North Central, South Central and Western. Outside the United States the church is divided into seven central conferences: Africa, Congo, West Africa, Central & Southern Europe, Germany, Northern Europe and the Philippines. The main purpose of the jurisdictions and central conferences is to elect and appoint bishops, the chief administrators of the church. Bishops thus elected serve Episcopal Areas, which consist of one or more Annual Conferences.

Question: Where are the chief administrators of the church placed after they appointed?
Answer: Episcopal Areas

Question: What type of conference is used in the US?
Answer: jurisdictional

Question: Bishops are placed into position by what entities?
Answer: jurisdictions and central conferences

Question: What is in charge?
Answer: General Conference
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The first Methodist clergy were ordained by John Wesley, a priest of the Church of England, because of the crisis caused by the American Revolution which isolated the Methodists in the States from the Church of England and its sacraments. Today, the clergy includes men and women who are ordained by bishops as elders and deacons and are appointed to various ministries. Elders in the United Methodist Church itenerate and are subject to the authority and appointment of their bishops. They generally serve as pastors in local congregations. Deacons are in service ministry and may serve as musicians, liturgists, educators, business administrators, and a number of other areas. Elders and deacons are required to obtain a master's degree (generally an M.Div.), or another equivalent degree, before commissioning and then ultimately ordination. Elders in full connection are each a member of their Annual Conference Order of Elders. Likewise each deacon in full connection is a member of their Annual Conference Order of Deacons.

Question: Who was deprived?
Answer: Methodists in the States

Question: Who ranks lower, elders or bishops?
Answer: elders

Question: Which of the following is not a rank in the Methodist Church: priest, bishop or deacon?
Answer: priest

Question: Which of the following is not a role deacons play: musicians, business administrators, or bishops?
Answer: bishops

Question: How do elders and deacons become in full connection?
Answer: commissioning and then ultimately ordination

Question: Where was there deprivation?
Answer: the States
United_Methodist_Church

The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a mainline Protestant Methodist denomination. In the 19th century its main predecessor was a leader in Evangelicalism. Founded in 1968 by the union of the Methodist Church (USA) and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley in England as well as the Great Awakening in the United States. As such, the church's theological orientation is decidedly Wesleyan. It embraces both liturgical and evangelical elements.

Question: What religion influenced the English monarch, Edward VI?
Answer: Protestant

Question: What religious denomination were John and Charles Wesley classified under?
Answer: Methodist

Question: The Evangelical United Brethren Church was founded in what period of time?
Answer: 19th century

Question: What country has Protestantism as the most popular religion practiced?
Answer: England
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Like many other mainline Protestant denominations in the United States, the United Methodist Church has experienced significant membership losses in recent decades. At the time of its formation, the UMC had about 11 million members in nearly 42,000 congregations. In 1975, membership dropped below 10 million for the first time. In 2005, there were about 8 million members in over 34,000 congregations. Membership is concentrated primarily in the Midwest and in the South. Texas has the largest number of members, with about 1 million. The states with the highest membership rates are Oklahoma, Iowa, Mississippi, West Virginia, and North Carolina.

Question: Did the UMC have fewer congregations at the time of its formation or in 2005?
Answer: 2005

Question: To what period of time does the paragraph refer?
Answer: recent decades

Question: What other churches are considered to have followed the same pattern UMC did?
Answer: many other mainline Protestant denominations

Question: What is the largest number of congregations UMC ever had?
Answer: 42,000

Question: Was the membership of the UMC lower at the time of its formation or in 2005?
Answer: 2005

Question: When did the UMC have more than 10 million members, at the time of its formation or in 1975?
Answer: At the time of its formation

Question: When was the largest number of members of the United Methodist Church?
Answer: At the time of its formation

Question: Was the membership of the UMC higher in 1975 or 2005?
Answer: 1975
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St. George's United Methodist Church, located at the corner of 4th and New Streets, in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, is the oldest Methodist church in continuous use in the United States, beginning in 1769. The congregation was founded in 1767, meeting initially in a sail loft on Dock Street, and in 1769 it purchased the shell of a building which had been erected in 1763 by a German Reformed congregation. At this time, Methodists had not yet broken away from the Anglican Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church was not founded until 1784.

Question: Where did the church members meet before purchased, what is now, the church?
Answer: sail loft on Dock Street

Question: Where is the oldest Methodist church at?
Answer: corner of 4th and New Streets

Question: What area is St. George in?
Answer: Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia

Question: Which church was founded in the year that immediately comes before 1785?
Answer: the Methodist Episcopal Church

Question: When was St. George's UMC built?
Answer: 1763

Question: Which was founded closer to 1771, St. George's United Methodist Church or the Methodist Episcopal Church?
Answer: St. George's United Methodist Church

Question: Which church did not purchase the shell of a building in 1769, St. George's United Methodist Church or the Methodist Episcopal Church?
Answer: the Methodist Episcopal Church

Question: When was the Episcopal church created?
Answer: 1784
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Historically, the Methodist Church has supported the temperance movement. John Wesley warned against the dangers of drinking in his famous sermon, "The Use of Money," and in his letter to an alcoholic. At one time, Methodist ministers had to take a pledge not to drink and encouraged their congregations to do the same. Today the United Methodist Church states that it "affirms our long-standing support of abstinence from alcohol as a faithful witness to God's liberating and redeeming love for persons." In fact, the United Methodist Church uses unfermented grape juice in the sacrament of Holy Communion, thus "expressing pastoral concern for recovering alcoholics, enabling the participation of children and youth, and supporting the church's witness of abstinence." Moreover, in 2011 and 2012, The United Methodist Church's General Board of Church and Society called on all United Methodists to abstain from alcohol for Lent.

Question: What describes the temperance movement?
Answer: abstinence from alcohol

Question: What was frowned upon?
Answer: drinking

Question: What is unusual in a traditional ceremony of religion?
Answer: unfermented grape juice

Question: What do methodist's change from normal communion?
Answer: uses unfermented grape juice

Question: What is needed to fully honor god?
Answer: abstinence

Question: For what reason does the United Methodist Church support temperance?
Answer: it "affirms our long-standing support of abstinence from alcohol as a faithful witness to God's liberating and redeeming love for persons."

Question: Aside from John Wesley's warning, what evidence is there that historically the Methodist Church has supported the temperance movement?
Answer: Methodist ministers had to take a pledge not to drink and encouraged their congregations to do the same
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Sanctifying Grace is that grace of God which sustains the believers in the journey toward Christian Perfection: a genuine love of God with heart, soul, mind, and strength, and a genuine love of our neighbors as ourselves. Sanctifying grace enables us to respond to God by leading a Spirit-filled and Christ-like life aimed toward love. Wesley never claimed this state of perfection for himself but instead insisted the attainment of perfection was possible for all Christians. Here the English Reformer parted company with both Luther and Calvin, who denied that a man would ever reach a state in this life in which he could not fall into sin. Such a man can lose all inclination to evil and can gain perfection in this life.

Question: Who must a believer love as themselves?
Answer: neighbors

Question: How does Wesley describe the love needed to attain perfection in this life?
Answer: genuine

Question: Who thought perfection was possible?
Answer: Wesley

Question: What group is to strive for perfection?
Answer: Christians

Question: Who was considered to be an English Reformer that thought perfection was possible?
Answer: Wesley

Question: What must be overcome in order to successfully attain perfection?
Answer: evil
United_Methodist_Church

Prevenient grace, or the grace that "goes before" us, is given to all people. It is that power which enables us to love and motivates us to seek a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. This grace is the present work of God to turn us from our sin-corrupted human will to the loving will of the Father. In this work, God desires that we might sense both our sinfulness before God and God's offer of salvation. Prevenient grace allows those tainted by sin to nevertheless make a truly free choice to accept or reject God's salvation in Christ.

Question: What is God's work?
Answer: Prevenient grace

Question: What does prevenient grace seek to rid of?
Answer: sin

Question: What sort of will might we have after prevenient grace?
Answer: the loving will of the Father

Question: What are we considered to be before we receive prevenient grace?
Answer: sin-corrupted human
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The UMC supports federal funding for research on embryos created for IVF that remain after the procreative efforts have ceased, if the embryos were provided for research instead of being destroyed, were not obtained by sale, and those donating had given prior informed consent for the research purposes. The UMC stands in "opposition to the creation of embryos for the sake of research" as "a human embryo, even at its earliest stages, commands our reverence." It supports research on stem cells retrieved from umbilical cords and adult stem cells, stating that there are "few moral questions" raised by this issue.

Question: Where does the money for embryo research come from?
Answer: federal funding

Question: Why aren't embryos created to be researched?
Answer: a human embryo, even at its earliest stages, commands our reverence

Question: According to the UMC, when is it acceptable to use embryos for research?
Answer: embryos created for IVF that remain after the procreative efforts have ceased, if the embryos were provided for research instead of being destroyed, were not obtained by sale, and those donating had given prior informed consent for the research purposes

Question: What are people who don't support making embryos for research usually in support of?
Answer: stem cells retrieved from umbilical cords and adult stem cells

Question: If there was not consent given to researchers for the use of embryos in their research, what stance would UMC take?
Answer: opposition

Question: When is ok to research embryos?
Answer: after the procreative efforts have ceased, if the embryos were provided for research instead of being destroyed, were not obtained by sale, and those donating had given prior informed consent for the research purposes

Question: What do researchers have to check for regarding embryo research?
Answer: prior informed consent
United_Methodist_Church

The Judicial Council is the highest court in the denomination. It consists of nine members, both laity and clergy, elected by the General Conference for an eight-year term. The ratio of laity to clergy alternates every eight years. The Judicial Council interprets the Book of Discipline between sessions of General Conference, and during General Conference, the Judicial Council rules on the constitutionality of laws passed by General Conference. The Council also determines whether actions of local churches, annual conferences, church agencies, and bishops are in accordance with church law. The Council reviews all decisions of law made by bishops The Judicial Council cannot create any legislation; it can only interpret existing legislation. The Council meets twice a year at various locations throughout the world. The Judicial Council also hears appeals from those who have been accused of chargeable offenses that can result in defrocking or revocation of membership.

Question: The chess piece that can move diagnolly, forward and back irregardless of square pieces are?
Answer: bishops

Question: To remove or cancel a degree, promise, or license is called?
Answer: revocation

Question: Applications to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court is said to be doing what?
Answer: appeals

Question: A plant that only sprouts flowers once a year is described as?
Answer: annual

Question: Documents  that signify one's belonging to a group is called?
Answer: membership
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Justifying Grace or Accepting Grace is that grace, offered by God to all people, that we receive by faith and trust in Christ, through which God pardons the believer of sin. It is in justifying grace we are received by God, in spite of our sin. In this reception, we are forgiven through the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross. The justifying grace cancels our guilt and empowers us to resist the power of sin and to fully love God and neighbor. Today, justifying grace is also known as conversion, "accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior," or being "born again". John Wesley originally called this experience the New Birth. This experience can occur in different ways; it can be one transforming moment, such as an altar call experience, or it may involve a series of decisions across a period of time.

Question: What brings upon a sudden decision?
Answer: altar call experience

Question: What is not grounds for exclusion?
Answer: sin

Question: Which of the following is not a synonym for conversion: justifying grace, being born again, or atoning?
Answer: atoning

Question: Which of the following is not a supernatural being: God, Jesus, or John Wesley?
Answer: John Wesley

Question: how does wesley explain born again
Answer: New Birth

Question: what do we get even if we do bad things
Answer: justifying grace

Question: What causes guilt?
Answer: sin
United_Methodist_Church

Nevertheless, The United Methodist Church "implore[s] families and churches not to reject or condemn lesbian and gay members and friends" and commits itself to be in ministry with all persons, affirming that God's grace, love, and forgiveness is available to all. Additionally, many organizations, conferences, and congregations have recently called for broader acceptance of the LGBT community within the UMC. For example, the Connectional Table, a governing committee, has voted in favor of a proposal that calls for a localized option, which would permit ministers to officiate same-sex weddings, and it would allow conferences to ordain gay clergy. Moreover, many conferences have taken a position by voting in favor of same-gender marriages with resolutions.

Question: What did a lot of groups decide?
Answer: voting in favor of same-gender marriages

Question: What does the UMC have to help govern the church?
Answer: Connectional Table

Question: What were ministers now allowed to do?
Answer: officiate same-sex weddings

Question: What does the UMC believe about LGBT clergy?
Answer: it would allow conferences to ordain gay clergy
United_Methodist_Church

Though John Wesley originally wanted the Methodists to stay within the Church of England, the American Revolution decisively separated the Methodists in the American colonies from the life and sacraments of the Anglican Church. In 1784, after unsuccessful attempts to have the Church of England send a bishop to start a new church in the colonies, Wesley decisively appointed fellow priest Thomas Coke as superintendent (bishop) to organize a separate Methodist Society. Together with Coke, Wesley sent a revision of the Anglican Prayerbook and the Articles of Religion which were received and adopted by the Baltimore Christmas Conference of 1784, officially establishing the Methodist Episcopal Church. The conference was held at the Lovely Lane Methodist Church, considered the Mother Church of American Methodism.

Question: Where was the Christmas Conference held?
Answer: Baltimore

Question: What occupation did Thomas Coke have early in his tenure?
Answer: priest

Question: What denomination is primarily discussed in this article?
Answer: Methodist
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Throughout its history, the United Methodist Church has placed great emphasis on the importance of education. As such, the United Methodist Church established and is affiliated with around one hundred colleges and universities in the United States, including Syracuse University, Boston University, Emory University, Duke University, Drew University, University of Denver, University of Evansville, and Southern Methodist University. Most are members of the International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities. The church operates three hundred sixty schools and institutions overseas.

Question: Of the mentioned schools under the United Methodist Church in the US, which of them has a name similar to that of the church's?
Answer: Southern Methodist University

Question: What organization might have started the association of schools?
Answer: the United Methodist Church

Question: The United Methodist Church has how many schools internationally?
Answer: three hundred sixty

Question: What organization might be leading the association of the schools globally?
Answer: the United Methodist Church

Question: Where does the United Methodist Church have more educational affiliates, in the US or overseas?
Answer: overseas
United_Methodist_Church

The United Methodist Church maintains that war is incompatible with Christ's message and teachings. Therefore, the Church rejects war as an instrument of national foreign policy, to be employed only as a last resort in the prevention of such evils as genocide, brutal suppression of human rights, and unprovoked international aggression. It insists that the first moral duty of all nations is to resolve by peaceful means every dispute that arises between or among them; that human values must outweigh military claims as governments determine their priorities; that the militarization of society must be challenged and stopped; that the manufacture, sale, and deployment of armaments must be reduced and controlled; and that the production, possession, or use of nuclear weapons be condemned. Consequently, the United Methodist Church endorses general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.

Question: Foreign policy aught not to include what military function?
Answer: war

Question: If there is a disagreement between two countries which value should they put before they resort to violence against each other?
Answer: human values

Question: What is the view of Church when it comes to gun law?
Answer: complete disarmament

Question: Which war instrument shouldn't be held by any country?
Answer: nuclear weapons

Question: If a Methodist were to say that they supported war, under what circumstances would that be a valid statement?
Answer: prevention of such evils as genocide, brutal suppression of human rights, and unprovoked international aggression

Question: What is another way to state the shipment of arms?
Answer: deployment of armaments
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The United Methodist Church understands itself to be part of the holy catholic (or universal) church and it recognizes the historic ecumenical creeds, the Apostle's Creed and the Nicene Creed; which are used frequently in services of worship. The Book of Discipline also recognizes the importance of the Chalcedonian Creed of the Council of Chalcedon. It upholds the concept of the "visible and invisible Church," meaning that all who are truly believers in every age belong to the holy Church invisible, while the United Methodist Church is a branch of the Church visible, to which all believers must be connected as it is the only institution wherein the Word of God is preached and the Sacraments are administered.

Question: A member of a Protestant church would be believed by Methodists to belong to which type of church?
Answer: invisible

Question: Individuals that practice Methodism and identify as a member of the Methodist Church would be a part of which of two main types of churches?
Answer: visible

Question: For a church to be considered visible, Methodists believe that said church must preach the word of god and administer what?
Answer: Sacraments