Missionary Methodist Church

{{Short description|Methodist Christian denomination}}

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|name = Missionary Methodist Church

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|main_classification = Methodism

|orientation = Holiness movement

|theology = Wesleyan-Arminian

|polity = Connexionalism

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|separated_from = Wesleyan Methodist Church (1913)

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|congregations = 14

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|website = [http://www.mmc-oa.org/ www.mmc-oa.org]

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The Missionary Methodist Church is a Methodist denomination in the holiness movement.{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Anne |last2=Megivern |first2=Marjorie |last3=Coughlin |first3=Kevin |title=North Carolina Portraits of Faith: A Pictorial History of Religions |date=1986 |publisher=Donning Company |isbn=978-0-89865-454-7 |page=119 |language=English}}

The foundation of the Missionary Methodist Church is part of the history of Methodism in the United States.{{cite book |last1=Yrigoyen |first1=Charles |last2=Warrick |first2=Susan E. |title=Historical Dictionary of Methodism |date=7 November 2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7894-5 |page=8 |language=English}} In 1913, a schism occurred in the Wesleyan Methodist Church over the issues of tithing, women's ordination, and the wearing of jewelry.{{cite book |last1=Melton |first1=J. Gordon |title=Nelson's Guide to Denominations |date=2007 |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=978-1-4185-0196-9 |page=398 |language=English}} Leading the formation of the Missionary Methodist Church in Forest City, North Carolina, was H. C. Sisk (1866–1945).{{cite book |last1=Melton |first1=J. Gordon |title=The Encyclopedia of American Religions |date=1987 |publisher=Gale Research Company |isbn=978-0-8103-2133-5 |page=293 |language=English}}

The Missionary Methodist connexion, which has fourteen churches, holds an annual camp meeting.