Methodists

Cultural  

1. A Protestant denomination founded by the English clergyman John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in the eighteenth century. Methodists are generally flexible in doctrine and in church organization, and stress the social responsibility of Christians (see also Christian). Next to the Baptists, Methodists are the most numerous group of Protestants in the United States.

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Example Sentences

Catholics overtook Methodists as the largest denomination in the nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Pacific Palisades, founded by Methodists, was a “Christian community” with modern amenities “where the mountains met the coast.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

Nora Mathison: Syracuse University had been founded just three years earlier, in 1870, by forward thinking Methodists.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

In some areas, United Methodists have designated “lighthouse” or similarly named congregations, with a mission for receiving members who wanted to stay United Methodists but whose churches were leaving.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Those were the days when good Methodists only indulged in Rook or Old Maid.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson