| What is the United Methodist Church? | |
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| 1) | An inclusive, theologically pluralistic, non-dogmatic Christian church that encourages its members to "think and let think. |
| 2) | A church in which a warmhearted personal experience with Jesus Christ is central in its teaching, preaching and outreach. |
| 3) | A world-wide church upon which the sun never sets, for it is mission and ministry for Christ in more than 90 countries. |
| 4) | The only church in the United States that has a local church in every community of 10,000 or more people. |
| 5) | A church that owns and operates more college, more children's homes, homes for senior citizens and hospitals than any other. |
| 6) | A church that cares about people who are hurting . . . feeding a million children every day. |
| 7) | A church that gives more beyond the local church to benevolences than any other. |
| 8) | A church with a connectional structure tying more than 38,000 local churches together in common purpose and ministry. |
| 9) | A church that is open to all people with more Native American and Asiatic American members than any other denomination. |
| 10) | A church that is ecumenical in its outlook and, therefore, always ready to cooperate with other Christians in advancing the cause of Jesus Christ. |