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Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas

September 1, 2026

What started with one Antiguan man’s encounter with John Wesley’s writing grew into a Methodist movement spanning the Caribbean and the Americas. Today, the MCCA brings together diverse languages, cultures, and communities around a shared commitment to loving, serving, and transforming through Christ.


Wesleyan Methodist Church of Aotearoa and New Zealand

August 31, 2026

Established in 2000 to re-anchor local ministry in historic evangelical Wesleyan roots, the WMCANZ has quickly become one of the country’s dynamic church planting movements. This diverse denomination focuses heavily on multiplication, next-generation leadership development, and practical community outreach.


African Methodist Episcopal Church

August 27, 2026

Born out of a bold stand against racial discrimination in 1816 Philadelphia, the AME Church was the first fully independent Black denomination in American history. To this day, it continues to model an inseparable blend of personal holiness and social justice.


Methodist Church Nigeria

July 22, 2026

The Methodist movement was first encountered by African slaves in the United Kingdom. When slavery was abolished and believers returned to Nigeria, they requested the help of missionaries. In response to this call, Rev. Freeman championed the first Christian mission in Nigeria. Since 1842, MCN has spent nearly two centuries planting churches, building hospitals, and standing in the gap for the most vulnerable.


Free Methodist Church

In 1860, a pastor named B. T. Roberts in upstate New York got kicked out of his church. His crime? He kept insisting…


Church of the Nazarene

July 21, 2026

If you look back at the early 1900s, the world was shifting fast. Industrialization was booming, cities were exploding, and…


The Korean Methodist Church

July 15, 2026

It was Easter Sunday, 1885. Two young missionaries, Henry Appenzeller and Horace Underwood, stepped off a boat onto the shores…


The Methodist Church in Ireland

June 24, 2026

When John Wesley first sailed to Ireland in 1747, he found 280 Methodists already gathered in Dublin! The movement had…


Eglise Protestante Methodiste du Benin

June 10, 2026

Back in 1843, a man named Thomas Birch Freeman stepped onto the coast of what is now Benin and began…


Iglesia Metodista en Cuba

Let me ask you something. What would it take to stop your congregation from meeting? A fuel shortage? A power…