Bible Methodist Connection of Churches

Bible Methodist Connection of Churches
Classification	Methodism & Conservative Holiness
Orientation	Fundamental
Polity	Connectionalism
Associations	Inter-Church Holiness Convention (IHC)
Origin	1970
Separated from	Wesleyan Methodist Church
Official website	biblemethodist.org

The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, also known as the Bible Methodist Church (BMC), is a Methodist denomination within the conservative holiness movement.

The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches affirms the historic doctrines of Methodism, including the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and Christian perfection. Many of the parishes within the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches observe the seasons of the liturgical year. The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches has missions globally.

The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches traces its origin to the Methodist movement initiated by John Wesley and to the consequent establishment of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. In 1843, Methodists who favoured abolitionism initiated a schism with the Methodist Episcopal Church, leading to the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In this new denomination, the "Episcopal form of government inherited from Wesley and Anglicanism, was replaced with a loose connection of societies or churches which characterized the Methodist movement in its earliest days".

In 1943, the General Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church recommended the strengthening of the “central supervisory authority to oversee the work of our Church.” The Wesleyan Methodist Church adopted a proposal in 1966 to merge with the Pilgrim Holiness Church, thus forming the Wesleyan Church; those who strongly disagreed with the merger, as well as the trend of greater centralization, formed the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches.

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