Extension and Organization
The World Methodist Council comprises 76 member denominations in 132 countries and representing about 75 million people, which makes Methodism one of the bigger Protestant denominations worldwide, among them the United Methodist Church, the Free Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the United Church of Canada, the British Methodist Church, the Uniting Church of Australia, the Wesleyan Church, and the Church of the Nazarene.
Affiliated organizations are the World Fellowship of Methodist and Uniting Churches, the Oxford-Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, the World Methodist Historical Society, World Council of Confederation of Methodist Youth, the World Council of Methodist Men, World Methodist Council of Teens, the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women and the - The General Commission on Archives and History.
The highest organ of the World Methodist Council is the World Methodist Conference meeting every five years. The next conference, gathering under the theme "Jesus Christ - for the Healing of the Nations," will be held in August 2011 in Durban, South Africa. On 24 July, Sunday Mbang stepped down as chairperson of the council and Barrett took over his position as well as elected president for the council.
In 2006, it formally approved the historical Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
The headquarters have offices in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee, New York City and Atlanta, Georgia
Current officers are:
- General Secretary: Bishop Ivan M. Abrahams
- President: Bishop Paulo Lockmann
- Vice-President: Bishop Sarah F. Davis
- Treasurer: Mr. Kirby Hickey, Jr.
- Youth and Young Adult Coordinator: Mr. John Thomas III
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