From www.umc.org:
The United Methodist Church was created on April 23, 1968, when The Evangelical United Brethren Church and The Methodist Church united to form a new denomination.
But Methodism dates back to 1736 and the leadership of John and Charles Wesley.
United Methodists share a historic connection to other Methodist and Wesleyan bodies
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