Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas in the context of "Connectionalism"

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⭐ Core Definition: Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas

The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and Americas is a Methodist denomination in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, the British & the US Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Connexion is divided into eight districts:

  • Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands District
  • Belize/Honduras District
  • Guyana District
  • Haiti District
  • Jamaica District
  • Leeward Islands District
  • Panama/Costa Rica District
  • South Caribbean District

The church has 700 congregations and over 62,000 members. A strong relationship with the United Church of Canada and the United Methodist Church has been established. The church is a member of the Council of Evangelical Latin American and Caribbean Methodist Churches (CIEMAL: El Consejo de Iglesias Evangélicas Metodistas de América Latina y el Caribe).

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Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas in the context of Connexionalism

Connexionalism, also spelled connectionalism, is the theological understanding and foundation of Methodist ecclesiastical polity, as practised in the Methodist Church in Britain, Ireland, Caribbean and the Americas, United Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, Free Methodist Church, African Methodist Episcopal and Episcopal Zion churches, Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by missionaries sent out from these churches. It refers to the way in which Methodist churches and other institutions are connected and work together to support one another, share resources, and carry out mission and ministry. The United Methodist Church defines connection as the principle that "all leaders and congregations are connected in a network of loyalties and commitments that support, yet supersede, local concerns." Accordingly, the primary decision-making bodies in Methodism are conferences, which serve to gather together representatives of various levels of church hierarchy.

In the United Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church and Free Methodist Church, where bishops provide church leadership, connexionalism is a variation of episcopal polity. Many Methodist churches, such as the British Methodist Church, do not have bishops. In world Methodism, a given connexion (that is, denomination) is usually autonomous.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Connexionalism ← Connectionalism
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Methodism → Anguilla → Antigua and Barbuda → Aruba → Bahamas → Barbados → Belize → Bonaire → Virgin Islands → Cayman Islands → Costa Rica → Curaçao → Dominica → Grenada → Guyana → Haiti → Honduras → Jamaica → Panama → Saint Kitts and Nevis → Saint Lucia → Saint Martin (island) → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → Sint Eustatius → Trinidad and Tobago → Turks and Caicos Islands → Leeward Islands → United Church of Canada → United Methodist Church →