Free Methodist Church

The Free Methodist Church (FMC) is a Methodist Christian

Free Methodist Church
denomination within the holiness movement, based in the United
States. It is evangelical in nature and is Wesleyan–Arminian in
theology.[4]

The Free Methodist Church has members in over 100 countries,

with 62,516 members in the United States and 1,547,820 members
worldwide.[5] The Light & Life Magazine is their official
publication.[6] The Free Methodist Church World Ministries
Center is in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Emblem of the Free Methodist
Church USA
History
Classification Protestant

The Free Methodist Church was organized at Pekin, New York, in Orientation Holiness
1860.[7] The founders had been members of the Methodist Polity Modified
Episcopal Church but were excluded from its membership for episcopacy
earnestly advocating what they saw as the doctrines and usages of
Associations Christian
authentic Wesleyan Methodism. Under the leadership of the Rev.
Benjamin Titus (B. T.) Roberts, a graduate of Wesleyan Holiness
University, the movement spread rapidly. Societies were Partnership;
organized, churches built, and the work established.[8] Christian
Churches
Before the founding of the church, Roberts began publication of a Together;
monthly journal, The Earnest Christian. In 1868, The Free National
Methodist (now Light & Life) was begun. A publishing house was
Association of
established in 1886 to produce books, periodicals, and Sunday
Evangelicals;
school curriculum and literature.[9]
Wesleyan
The name "Methodist" was retained for the newly organized Holiness
church because the founders felt their expulsion from the Consortium;
Methodist Episcopal Church happened because of their adherence World Methodist
to doctrines and standards of Methodism. The word "Free" was Council
suggested and adopted because the new church (1) was anti-
Region Worldwide:
slavery; (2) wanted pews to be free to all regardless of status,
divided into 13
rather than sold or rented (as was common); (3) promoted freedom
General
of worship in the Holy Spirit, as opposed to stifling formality;[10]
(4) upheld the principle of "freedom" from secret and oath-bound Conferences
societies (in particular the Masonic Lodge), so as to have full Founder Benjamin Titus
loyalty to Christ; (5) stood for "freedom" from the abuse of Roberts
ecclesiastical authority (due to the bishop's action in allowing
Origin 1860
expulsion of 120 clergy and lay); and (6) desired its members
Pekin, New York
experience "freedom" of transformation in sanctification via the
Holy Spirit due to personal consecration and faith, rather than 'sin- Separated from Methodist
management' or gradual growth following justification.[11] Episcopal Church
At the 1910 session of the General Conference of the Methodist Separations 1932 - Reformed
Church at Rochester, New York, a full acknowledgement was Free Methodist
made of the wrong done to the late Roberts fifty years before, and Church[1]
the credentials taken from him were restored in a public meeting 1955 - United
on his behalf to his son, Rev. Benson Roberts.[12]
Holiness Church
Holiness Conservatives within the Free Methodist Church left to (now the Bible
form the Reformed Free Methodist Church in 1932, the United Methodist
Holiness Church in 1966 (which joined the Bible Methodist Connection of
Connection of Churches in 1994) and the Evangelical Wesleyan Churches)[2]
Church in 1963.[1][2][13] 1963 -
Evangelical
Free Methodist headquarters were located in Winona Lake,
Wesleyan
Indiana, until 1990 when the denomination moved to Indianapolis,
Church[2]
Indiana. [14]
1973 - Fellowship
The Free Methodist Church released a 21st Century Articulation of of Independent
their Historic Freedoms to include the following: Methodist
Churches[3]
1. Freedom of all races to worship together in unity.
Congregations 856 in the United
2. Freedom for the poor to be treated with dignity in the
States (average
church and with justice in the world.
congregation
3. Freedom for women and men to be treated respectfully
and use their gifts equally in the church, in the home, size: 77)
and in the world. Members 1,200,797
4. Freedom for laity to be fairly represented in the (68,356 in the
governing bodies of the church. United States)
5. Freedom from spiritual, political, social or conceptual Official website fmcusa.org (htt
alliances that compromise or subvert the exclusive
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allegiance we profess to Jesus Christ.
6. Freedom to engage in worship that is moved and
inspired by the Holy Spirit.
7. Freedom from sin’s power through full surrender to
God.[15]

Statistics
Free Methodist Church USA General
The church has about 62,516 members in the United States as of Conference 2023
2021.[16] Worldwide its membership is over 1,500,000.[17] with
large segments of membership in East Central Africa (Rwanda,
Burundi, DRC) and other countries.[17]

Beliefs and practices

In doctrine, Free Methodists’ beliefs are the standard beliefs of Wesleyan-Arminian Protestantism, with
distinctive emphasis on the teaching of entire sanctification as held by John Wesley, to whom the Free
Methodist Church traces its origins.[18]
The Free Methodist Church, along with the United Methodist Church, shares a common heritage linked to
the Methodist revival in England during the 18th century. The Free Methodist Church itself arose within the
context of the holiness movement within 19th century Methodism.[19]

The first general superintendent, B. T. Roberts, was in favor of ordaining women, but never saw it take
place in his lifetime. Out of his own conviction he wrote Ordaining Women: Biblical and Historical
Insights. The impact of his writings eventually prevailed in the church. The Free Methodist Church
affirmed the ordination of women in 1911.[20] As of June 2008, women represented 11% of ordained
clergy (216 of 2,011) and 26% of candidates for the ministry.[19]

Free Methodists recognize and license unordained persons for particular ministries. They mandate lay
representation in numbers equal to clergy in the councils of the church.[21]

As a reaction to paid musicians in the Methodist Episcopal Church, early Free Methodists enjoyed a capella
congregational hymns during worship. However, the General Conference of 1943 voted to allow each
Conference to vote on whether or not their churches could have instrumental music.[22] As a result, pianos
and organs became common across most conferences. Currently, many churches have worship teams
composed of vocalists, drums, keyboards, guitars, and other instruments.

The Free Methodist Way

In response to numerous national conversations with FM leaders at all levels, in 2021, the Free Methodist
bishops introduced: The Free Methodist Way: Five Values that Shape our Identity. These five values
express the distinctives that set Free Methodist apart from other faith families in the body of Christ. They
are as follows:

Life Giving Holiness: GOD’S CALL TO HOLINESS was never meant to be a burden, but a
gift that liberates us for life that is truly life by delivering us from the destructive power of sin.
Love-Driven Justice: LOVE IS THE WAY WE DEMONSTRATE GOD’S HEART FOR
JUSTICE by valuing the image of God in all men, women, and children, acting with
compassion toward the oppressed, resisting oppression, and stewarding Creation.
Christ-Compelled Multiplication: THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST — the message He
proclaimed, the life He lived, and the ministry He modeled — set into motion a redemptive
movement destined to fill the whole earth.
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: FROM THE BEGINNING, GOD’S INTENT WAS TO HAVE
A PEOPLE FROM EVERY NATION, culture and ethnicity, united in Christ and
commissioned to carry out His work in the world.
God-Given Revelation: WE HOLD UNWAVERINGLY to our conviction that the Bible is the
inspired Word of God and our final authority in all matters of faith and practice.[23]

Organization
The Free Methodist Church's highest governing body is the World Conference,[24] which is composed of
representatives, both lay and clergy, from all countries with a Free Methodist General Conference. As the
church in each country develops, its status progresses from Mission District to Annual Conference to
General Conference. There are currently 20 General Conferences in the world, which are linked together
through the articles of religion and common constitution of the first two chapters of the Book of Discipline,
the World Conference, and the Council of Bishops.[25] The USA branch of the Free Methodist Church is
currently led by three bishops: Bishop Keith Cowart, Bishop Kaye Kolde, and Bishop Kenny Martin.
Bishop Cowart was first elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2023. Bishops Kolde and Martin were first
elected in 2023.[26]

World Missions
Free Methodist World Missions oversees ministries across Africa,
Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Today, 95% of
Free Methodists are located outside the United States, and that
number is growing daily.[27]

International Child Care Ministries (ICCM) (https://www.childcare

Primary school in Costa Rica built by
ministries.org/), a child sponsorship initiative serves more than
a local mission of the Free Methodist
21,000 children in 29 countries around the world. Through
Church
education, meals and medical care, children in need are given an
opportunity for a better life. Each sponsored child is connected to a
Free Methodist congregation or ministry at a local level.[28]

Set Free Movement (https://www.setfreemovement.com/) is seeking to mobilize faith communities,

financial partners, and all segments of society towards ending human trafficking and creating new futures
through community-based action.[29]

Volunteers in Service Abroad (VISA) (https://fmwm.org/visa-teams-opportunities/) Archived (https://web.ar

chive.org/web/20211213193907/https://fmwm.org/visa-teams-opportunities/) 2021-12-13 at the Wayback
Machine connects volunteers from the Free Methodist Church in the US and UK with Free Methodist
World Missions for hands-on ministry internationally.[30]

The church currently has ministry over 88 countries,[31] including:

 Middle North
Africa Asia Europe Latin America
East America

Angola Australia Albania Antigua Egypt Canada

Botswana Cambodia Belgium Argentina Iraq United
Burundi Fiji Bulgaria Bahamas Jordan States
Cameroon Japan France Bolivia Palestine
Democratic Republic of Philippines Greece Brazil
Congo South Hungary Chile
Eswatini Korea Republic of Colombia
Ethiopia Sri Lanka Ireland Costa Rica
Ghana Taiwan North Dominican Republic
Guinea Bissau Thailand Macedonia
Ecuador
Guinea Conakry Portugal
El Salvador
Ivory Coast Romania
Haiti
Kenya Spain
Honduras
Liberia Sweden
Mexico
Malawi Ukraine
Nicaragua
Mozambique United
Panama
Kingdom
Nigeria Paraguay
Republic of Congo Peru
(Brazzaville)
Puerto Rico
Rwanda
Uruguay
São Tomé and Príncipe
360 Mission District
Senegal (Costa Rica)
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Higher education
B. T. Roberts began what is now Roberts Wesleyan College in 1866. Spring Arbor College followed in
1873 (renamed Spring Arbor University in 2001), Seattle Pacific University in 1891, and Greenville
College (renamed Greenville University in 2017) in 1892. Central College began in 1914, a continuation of
Orleans Seminary begun in 1884. Los Angeles Pacific College existed from 1903 to 1965.[9]

The following educational institutions are a part of the Association of Free Methodist Educational
Institutions. The schools are not owned by the denomination but meet a set of requirements to maintain this
relationship.

Central Christian College, McPherson, KS

Greenville University, Greenville, IL
Roberts Wesleyan University, North Chili, NY
Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
In addition, the Free Methodist Church is one of several denominations supporting Azusa Pacific
University (Azusa, CA). Wessington Springs College is a former, now closed institution which was located
in South Dakota. Internationally, there is Osaka Christian College of the Japanese Free Methodist Church,
Hope Africa University,[32] a recently founded school in Bujumbura, Burundi, Haiti Providence University,
and the Faculdade de Teologia Metodista Livre, São Paulo, Brazil.

Through the John Wesley Seminary Foundation (JWSF) graduate students who are preparing for full-time
ministry in the Free Methodist Church are provided a grant or loan at the following affiliated schools:[33]

Asbury Theological Seminary – (KY, FL, TN, OK, CO Campuses)

Azusa Pacific Seminary, Azusa, CA
Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
Portland Seminary at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Portland, OR
Seattle Pacific Seminary, Seattle, WA[34]
Wesley Biblical Seminary, Jackson, MS
Wesley House of Studies at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, Waco, TX
Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN

Publishing
Like John Wesley before him, B. T. Roberts recognized the Christian's responsibility for publishing.

Before the founding of the church in 1860, B. T. Roberts began publication of a monthly journal, The
Earnest Christian. In 1868 The Free Methodist (now Light & Life Magazine) began. A publishing house
was established in 1886 to produce books, periodicals and Sunday school curriculum and literature.[9]

Beginnings

Early leaders, T. B. Arnold and B. T. Roberts privately financed and produced several publications.

The official publishing institution was established by the church at the 1886 General Conference. The
church purchased the publishing business built by Rev. T. B. Arnold for $8,000. Arnold was named first
publisher and B. T. Roberts was elected editor of The Free Methodist. The Free Methodist Publishing
House is recognized under its trade name Light and Life Press.

Growth and development

The Free Methodist Publishing House operated at three locations in Chicago, Illinois. In February 1935, it
moved along with Free Methodist Headquarters to Winona Lake, Indiana.

During its history, the Free Methodist Publishing House built up a plant and accumulated property worth
several hundred thousand dollars. It also contributed thousands of dollars out of its profits to other activities
of the church.[35]

Over the years, as the ministry of the Free Methodist Church expanded, various departments of the general
church gradually moved into Free Methodist Publishing House accommodations. This was provided at vast
cost and without the investment of any capital by the general church.
In 1960, the Free Methodist Publishing House board issued a deed in favor of the general church, whereby
the church became the owner of the old property, plus nearly eight acres of land. For this the general church
paid nothing, but agreed to make payments of $5,000 per year over a ten-year period to the Free Methodist
Publishing House.

Audio publications

In 1944 the Free Methodist Church began a weekly radio show called The Light and Life Radio Hour
which featured hymns, sermons, prayer, and scripture reading. The show ran until 1980 and featured
several different hosts over the years including Dr. Leroy Lowell, Myron F. Boyd, and Robert
Andrews.[36]

In 2016 Josh Avery began The FMC Radio Show which was a spiritual successor to The Light and Life
Radio Hour but embodied a very different focus. In a podcast format, the show is subtitled "your officially
unofficial source for all things Free Methodist". Instead of worship and sermon, the show means to act as a
uniting factor in the Free Methodist Church by informing listeners about different things that are happening
in the denomination.[37]

Today, the Light+Life podcast features ministries of the Free Methodist Church that tell their stories of
ministry fruitfulness. [38]

Ministry

Arnold’s Commentary was published from 1894–1980. In the late 1950s and early 1960s the church
pioneered fully graded church school materials. In 1960 the Aldersgate Biblical Series was developed as
the only inductive curriculum of its time.[39]

A fully equipped printing area consisting of letterpresses, offset press, cutters, folders, bindery, linotypes
etc. contributed toward making the church independent of commercial printers for the production for its
printing needs at that time.

Acting on the recommendation of its executive committee, the board voted in 1988 to phase out printing
operations.[40] This decision and the 1989 General Conference decision to move the Press and
Headquarters from Winona Lake to Indianapolis in 1990 shifted the focus of the Press. Where formerly, the
Press produced and published Sunday school curriculum, this venture is now carried on in cooperation with
other holiness denominations.

Beginning in 2008, the Wesleyan Publishing House, publishing arm of the Wesleyan Church, began
serving the distribution and customer service needs of Light and Life Press.

Mission statement

Light & Life Communications, the official publishing arm of the Free Methodist Church, is a not-for-profit
corporation that exists to serve in partnership with its parent body, the Free Methodist Church. Its primary
purpose is to publish and distribute materials that enable the church to fulfill its stated mission. Light & Life
Communications also offers its services and materials to all who seek to make Christ known.[41]

Publications
Light + Life Communications is the publishing division of the Free Methodist Church.

Light + Life Magazine (https://lightandlife.fm) is the official magazine of the Free Methodist Church USA,
published online. It includes in-depth journalism and interviews exploring Christian faith. Each issue is also
translated into Spanish and published concurrently as Revista Luz y Vida (https://luzyvida.fm/). Jeff Finley
is the magazine's executive editor.

Light + Life Bookstore (https://www.freemethodistbooks.com) is the official bookstore of Free Methodist

Church USA. Free Methodist books and exclusive titles on Christian faith and Wesleyan holiness theology.

The Light + Life podcast (https://lightandlife.fm/) hosts conversations that deepen people's faith through the
Light+Life of Jesus Christ.

Free Methodist World Missions Heartbeat (https://fmwm.org/heartbeat) is the monthly magazine of Free
Methodist World Missions.

Free Methodist Conversations (https://freemethodistconversations.com/) is an online resource for discussing

important values and issues.

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