As an infant, you are baptized in your parents' faith. Wh en you are at an age of accountability, usually in the junior high years, you are confirmed in your own faith after a period of study with your pastor or church elders. The act of confirmation signifies that you comprehend the basic philosophy of Christianity and what is expected of you as a practicing Presbyterian.
Although the Lutheran Church still has Confirmation, it is not a Sacrament in the Lutheran Church, but merely a rite of passage.
In addition to Catholicism, Confirmation is also a sacrament in Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism. Each tradition has its own theological understanding and practice of Confirmation, but the general purpose is to confirm and strengthen the individual's faith.
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Methodist Episcopal Church was created in 1784.
A methodist Church, St Nicholas' Methodist Church
Washington Methodist Church was created in 1828.
Yes, confirmation in the Methodist churches usually takes place when you are a young teenager.
B. Wistar Morris has written: 'Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist testimony to confirmation, as a primitive and apostolic rite' -- subject(s): Christian union, Comparative studies, Baptists, Presbyterian Church, Confirmation, Methodist Church
There are several mergers in the history of The United Methodist Church. However, the most recent merger was in 1968, which joined the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Bretheren into The United Methodist Church. The other well known merger occurred in 1939 when the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South reunited to become The Methodist Church. The previous split had occurred in 1844 over a dispute about slavery.
Gilboa Methodist Church was created in 1879.
Canastota Methodist Church was created in 1909.
Shiloh Methodist Church was created in 1825.
Simpsonville Methodist Church was created in 1876.