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The United Methodist Church was formed by the merger of a big Methodist church with a smaller body, the Evangelical United Brethren Church. What was the name of the big church? I always thought it was "The Methodist Church", with an included "The" similar to The New York Times, and this is supported by the 1995 edition of Mead's Handbook of Denominations. However, our article is Methodist Church (USA), not The Methodist Church (USA), and in the body "The" is generally not capitalised. Mead's 2010 edition doesn't capitalise "The". Does "The" appear in other sources? Does anyone have access to official publications from this denomination that would have its full official name? Nyttend ( talk) 12:51, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
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The United Methodist Church was formed by the merger of a big Methodist church with a smaller body, the Evangelical United Brethren Church. What was the name of the big church? I always thought it was "The Methodist Church", with an included "The" similar to The New York Times, and this is supported by the 1995 edition of Mead's Handbook of Denominations. However, our article is Methodist Church (USA), not The Methodist Church (USA), and in the body "The" is generally not capitalised. Mead's 2010 edition doesn't capitalise "The". Does "The" appear in other sources? Does anyone have access to official publications from this denomination that would have its full official name? Nyttend ( talk) 12:51, 19 June 2018 (UTC)