Denomination
Methodist
A Trinitarian shelf for Methodist and Wesleyan churches, with links to their own doctrine pages.
Methodist and Wesleyan churches that confess the Trinity confess one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This page does not summarize that teaching. It lists doctrine pages those churches publish. See the denomination list and Christianity.
Can you lose your salvation? quotes the Methodist, Wesleyan, and Nazarene texts beside the other churches. It does not choose a side.
What Do Protestants Believe? and Catholic vs Protestant quote the Methodist Articles of Religion beside the other churches. They do not choose a side.
What is Calvinism? and What Does the Bible Say About Predestination? quote Methodist Article XII beside the other churches. They do not choose a side.
These pages quote the Articles of Religion or the Confession of Faith beside the other churches:
- Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
- What Does the Bible Say About Infant Baptism?
- What Is Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit?
- What Does the Bible Say About Speaking in Tongues?
- Is the Holy Spirit God?
- Methodist vs Baptist
The tongues page says Article XV is about a language the congregation does not understand in public prayer and the sacraments. They do not choose a side. The Holy Spirit page states the Nicene confession.
Official Sources
These links open pages on the body’s own site, or on the site of its official publisher. Each entry names the document, who issues it, and what the page is.
The United Methodist Church
- Articles of Religion
The United Methodist Church
The Articles of Religion, as published by The United Methodist Church.
- Confession of Faith
The United Methodist Church
The Confession of Faith of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, as published by The United Methodist Church.
- Do United Methodists believe “once saved, always saved?”
The United Methodist Church
Ask The UMC’s published answer on once saved, always saved. It is a communications article, not an Article of Religion.
Global Methodist Church
- Book of Doctrines and Discipline
Global Methodist Church
The 2024 Book of Doctrines and Discipline of the Global Methodist Church, revision date January 15, 2025, in the PDF the church hosts.
The Wesleyan Church
- Articles of Religion
The Wesleyan Church
The Articles of Religion of The Wesleyan Church, on the church’s site.
Church of the Nazarene
- What We Believe: Articles of Faith
Church of the Nazarene
The Articles of Faith of the Church of the Nazarene, on the church’s site.
Start Here
The shared confession and the councils these pages quote.
Salvation and the Last Things
Where these churches disagree about grace, perseverance, and the end. Each page quotes the texts and does not pick a side.
- Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Baptist, Methodist, and Pentecostal texts disagree on whether baptism is necessary for salvation.
- Once Saved, Always Saved?
Once saved, always saved means a saved person cannot lose salvation. Churches disagree, and this page quotes each side’s confession without deciding.
- What Does the Bible Say About Infant Baptism?
Infant baptism and believer’s baptism in Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal texts, with household baptisms and christening.
- What Does the Bible Say About Predestination?
Romans, Ephesians, and Acts say God predestined and ordained. Other verses say God wills all to be saved. Westminster, Dort, the Remonstrance, the Catechism, Article XVII, and an Orthodox essay read those lines differently.
- What Is Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit?
The unforgivable sin in Matthew 12, Mark 3, and Luke 12, and how the Catechism, the LCMS FAQ, the Methodist Articles, and the Westminster Larger Catechism speak about it.
- What Is TULIP Calvinism?
TULIP stands for total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints. Dort did not use the name.
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- What Does the Bible Say About Predestination?
Romans, Ephesians, and Acts say God predestined and ordained. Other verses say God wills all to be saved. Westminster, Dort, the Remonstrance, the Catechism, Article XVII, and an Orthodox essay read those lines differently.
- What Is Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit?
The unforgivable sin in Matthew 12, Mark 3, and Luke 12, and how the Catechism, the LCMS FAQ, the Methodist Articles, and the Westminster Larger Catechism speak about it.
- What Is TULIP Calvinism?
TULIP stands for total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints. Dort did not use the name.
The Churches
Comparisons that quote this church beside the others. They do not pick a side.
- Catholic vs Protestant: What's the Difference?
Catholics and Protestants confess the Nicene Christ. They differ on authority, justification, the sacraments, Mary, purgatory, and the pope.
- Methodist vs Baptist: What's the Difference?
United Methodist Articles and Confession beside the Baptist Faith and Message on baptism, the Supper, the church, salvation, and the General Rules on drink.
- What Do Protestants Believe?
Protestant churches confess that Jesus is God the Son and treat Scripture as the rule of faith. They are not one denomination.
- What Does the Bible Say About Speaking in Tongues?
Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 12–14, with Pentecostal, Catholic, Baptist, Reformed, and Methodist texts on tongues, Spirit baptism, and whether every believer speaks in tongues.