The Wesleyan Church is a holiness Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Indonesia, Asia, and Australia. The church is part of the holiness movement and has roots in the teachings of John Wesley. It is Wesleyan and Arminian in doctrine.
Classification: Protestant
Orientation: Holiness
Polity: Connexionalism
Associations
Christian Holiness Partnership, Covenant Christian Coalition, National Association of Evangelicals, World Methodist Council
Region: Worldwide
Headquarters: Fishers, Indiana
Founder: Orange Scott
Origin: 1843
Utica, New York
Separated from
Methodist Episcopal Church
Separations
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (1968)[1]
Bible Methodist Connection of Churches (1968)[2]
Congregations
5,800 (1,731 in North America)
Members
516,203 (231,339 in North America)