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<ref name="UMCofWB">{{cite web|url = http://www.umcwfb.org/_ABOUTUS/about_us_ourstory.htm| title = What We Believe—Founder of the United Methodist Church |publisher = United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay|accessdate = 2007-08-01}}</ref><ref name="Methodist Central Hall Westminster—Methodism">{{cite web|url = http://www.methodist-central-hall.org.uk/history/WhatisMethodism.htm| title = About The Methodist Church|publisher = Methodist Central Hall Westminster|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref><ref name="Public Service Projects—Holiness Movement">{{cite web|url = http://mb-soft.com/believe/text/holiness.htm| title = American Holiness Movement|publisher = Finding Your Way, Inc|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>
Como tal, la orientación teológica de esta iglesia es [[wesleyana]],<ref name="Longhenry-Wesleyanism">{{cite web|url = http://www.deusvitae.com/faith/denominations/wesleyanism.html| title = Wesleyanism|publisher = Longhenry|accessdate = 2009-05-26}}</ref>
conteniendo tanto elementos [[liturgia|litúrgicos]] como evangélicos.<ref name="UMC-Evangelical">{{cite web|url = http://www.umc.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactcustom.asp?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=2068577#| title = Is the concept “saved, born-again” unique to evangelicals? |publisher = The United Methodist Church|accessdate = 2007-08-01}}</ref><ref name="EPPC">{{cite web|url = http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.1943/pub_detail.asp| title = Understanding American Evangelicals|publisher = Ethics and Public Policy Center|accessdate = 2007-08-02}}</ref>
En [[Estados Unidos]], tiene rango como la segunda más grande iglesia protestante (después de la iglesia ''Convención Bautista Sureña'') y la tercera más grande denominación cristiana. En el 2007, su membresía mundial era de cerca de 12 millones: 8 millones en Estados Unidos y Canadá,<ref name="2007 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches">{{cite web|url = http://www.ncccusa.org/news/070305yearbook2007.html| title = 2007 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches|publisher = The National Council of Churches|accessdate = 2007-08-07}}</ref> y 3.5 millones en África, Asia y Europa.<ref name="The Christian Post">{{cite web|url = http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070424/27070_Boom_in_Christianity_Reshapes_United_Methodists.htm| title = Boom in Christianity Reshapes United Methodists |publisher = The Christian Post|accessdate = 2007-06-08}}</ref>
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