The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren unite at Dallas to form the United Methodist Church, then the largest Protestant body in the United States; the same year its predecessor conferences abolish the racially segregated Central Jurisdiction.
Tagged: Christian Methodist and Wesleyan
The Event
- Date
- 1968 (exact)
- Era
- Contemporary; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Dallas; today Dallas, Texas, USA
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Methodist and Wesleyan
- Key texts
- Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church (1968)
Primary Sources
- Plan of Union (1968)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0058; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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