{"id":86,"date":"2019-02-26T21:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T21:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2019-02-26T23:19:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:19:30","slug":"united-methodist-church-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/united-methodist-church-history\/","title":{"rendered":"United Methodist Church History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"175\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Methodist-Symbol-175x300.png?resize=175%2C300\" alt=\"Methodist Symbol\" class=\"wp-image-818\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 23, 1968, The United Methodist Church was created when Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, representing The Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of The Methodist Church joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the words, \u201cLord of the Church, we are united in Thee, in Thy Church and now in The United Methodist Church,\u201d the new denomination was given birth by two churches that had distinguished histories and influential ministries in various parts of the world. Theological traditions steeped in the Protestant Reformation and Wesleyanism, similar ecclesiastical structures, and relationships that dated back almost two hundred years facilitated the union. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/who-we-are\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.umc.org\/who-we-are\/history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Cross and Flame Emblem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cross and Flame emblem of The United Methodist Church relates the United Methodist Church to God through Christ (The Cross) and the Holy Spirit (The Flame). The flame represents the Pentecost when witnesses were unified by the power of the Holy Spirit and saw \u201ctongues, as of fire\u201d (Acts 2:3 ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 23, 1968, The United Methodist Church was created when Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, representing The Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of The Methodist Church joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas. With the words, \u201cLord of the Church, we are united in Thee, in Thy Church and now in The United Methodist Church,\u201d the new denomination was given birth by two churches that had distinguished histories and influential ministries in various&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}