Talk:Wesleyan Church

message: Wasn't G. McGovern, former Presidential candidate, raised Wesleyan? [Unsigned comment by User:66.72.215.225]
George McGovern was raised Wesleyan Methodist, before the merger of the pilgrim holiness and wesleyan Methodist churches in 1968. PatrickMunsell (talk) 05:22, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  George McGovern? 

message: Is the Wesleyan Church considered fundamentalist, Mainline or Liberal? How does it compare to other Methodist traditions? As other pages seem to be orginized, it should be under "Beliefs". [Unsigned comment by User:Amyanda2000]
:None of the above; as the article states, it can be categorized as evangelical and holiness. Pollinator 07:09, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a beliefs section, as it is important to flesh out the beliefs.  However, I would categorize the Wesleyans as fundamentalists.  As with other Holiness churches, they believe in the inerrancy of scripture, the reality of the miracles, the virgin birth, Christ's death as atonement for sin, etc.  I'll try to flesh the beliefs section out more in the days to come. Dawynn (talk) 03:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Fundamentalist, Mainline or Liberal?

message: Should Wesleyan Methodists be merged with this article? Deco 03:33, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A redirect should do it. I'll fix that. Pollinator 04:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Careful on that.  The Wesleyan Methodist Church was a distinct historical denomination, and still exists, although in vastly limited numbers in Great Britain and the USA.  In other countries, like Australia, the Wesleyan Methodist Church is still a strong current denomination. Dawynn (talk) 19:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Please do not merge. Many Wesleyan Methodist churches did not go with the merger, and are still knowm as Wesleyan Methodist. There are already references in that article รัก-ไทย 13:22, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge [[Wesleyan Methodists]]?

message: It is unclear in the article if the position of the church in the splitting is pro-slavery or against it. Could someone make it more clear? WikiprojectOWU 06:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Position

message: I'm removing the globalization tag.  The article topic is a U.S. and Canadian denomination, that article is therefore going to be North America-centric.  The problem, I think is with the redirects, specifically Wesleyan Methodist Church, which was the name of the primary strain of British Methodism that eventually became the Methodist Church of Great Britain.  I'm going to repoint WMC to MCGB, but leave Wesleyan Methodists pointed here, as it could refer to either, and leave the disambig text at the top intact. VT hawkeyetalk to me 02:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalization: Wesleyan Church, Wesleyan Methodists, Wesleyan Methodist Church etc. 

message: I found a couple denomination templates in Wikipedia.  So, I reformatted the page a bit to conform to these templates.  This leaves a few gaps that need to be fleshed out.  I also see that what *was* already in place of this page is poorly cited.  I've started expanding the page, but your participation in this process is desired!  I was raised in a Wesleyan church, and currently attend a Free Methodist church, so I am deeply rooted in Arminian / Wesleyan / Holiness denominations, and very well may not be able to see my own biases.  I hope to raise the quality of this page, and welcome your feedback along the journey. Dawynn (talk) 03:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ongoing construction 

message: I've been bulking the "Notable People" section.  Basically, following the "What Links Here" connections to Wesleyan Church, Wesleyan Methodist Church, and the various colleges.  I'd be happy to hear input on this area.  A) What counts as notable, and B) who should be listed here?  My guess is that there are a number of people that may have attended one or another university, but may not ever consider themselves to be or have been Wesleyan in any way shape or form.  Determining those that would truly consider themselves "Wesleyan" (or "Wesleyan Methodist", if they lived in previous centuries) is difficult at best.  So, the list I'm building is probably over large. Dawynn (talk) 17:25, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Basically, if being connected to the church is specifically relevant to the lives of the individuals, then they should be included. Otherwise, in general, only individuals who have their own separate articles are included in such lists. John Carter (talk) 19:16, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

text: The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the move request was: earlier move reverted JHunterJ (talk) 12:34, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable People 

message: The most notable Wesleyan is currently Jim Garlow, pastor of megachurch, skyline Wesleyan Church in California. A national anti-gay leader, he was a prominent leader of the I'll fated prop 8 initiative in california, which defined marriage as between only one man and one woman. While prop 8 passed by a slim margin, it eventually became the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized same sex marriage in all 50 states. The Supreme Court  declared prop 8 to be unconstitutional, denying equal protection to all citizens. Upon the Supreme Court decision, Rev. Garlow famously predicted on his radio show aired on 800+ stations that "America is now dead." Further documentation of dates and other notable quotes to come. Mr. Garlow should be included on this page because 1. He pastors what is largely considered the flagship Wesleyan Church in America and has national notoriety for spearheading "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" which encourages pastors to instruct their congregations on how to vote, specifically during presidential election cycles. It is intended and stated to be in defiance of IRS rules which would take tax free status from churches who are found to cross the line between separation of church and state. PatrickMunsell (talk) 06:01, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Wesleyan leaders