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The United Methodist Church was formed when the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church merged in 1968. Both traditions have roots in the 1700s.
Today, The United Methodist Church is global, with more than 12 million members around the world. While our languages, cultures and nations of origin may differ, a common mission and history unite us in powerful ways.
United Methodism began in 1968, but our roots go back to the 1700s. Explore this brief outline of our story.
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Footage captures part of the event that merged the Methodist and Evangelical Brethren Churches and officially desegregated the newly formed United Methodist Church.
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![United Methodist pastors are appointed by their bishop to the churches they serve, and sometimes that means moving to a new church. MoveON moving [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]](https://www.umc.org/-/media/umc-media/2019/09/05/16/07/moving-boxes.ashx?h=87&la=en&mh=87&mw=130&w=130&hash=1E19B96BC164BB016CF2E0CDE21F1BF3413E3345 "United Methodist pastors are appointed by their bishop to the churches they serve, and sometimes that means moving to a new church. MoveON moving [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]")
