Depending on the context, "Methodist" could be a noun, a part of a proper noun, or an adjective.

Methodist should always be capitalized.

Noun:

Susie is a Methodist.

Part of a Proper Noun:

I am a member of The United Methodist Church.

I was born at Methodist Hospital.

Adjective:

That is a Methodist church.

Prevenient grace is a distinctive belief of Methodist theology.

John Wesley is the founder of the Methodist movement.

I was born at a Methodist hospital.

Methodist is capitalized when it refers to the Methodist denomination or the Methodist Church. It is also capitalized when referring to a person's affiliation with the Methodist faith.

Besides the Bible, the Methodists have the Articles of Religeon wheich were taken from the 39 Articles of the Church of England. The other official Methodist documents are the 16 articles in The Confession of Faith, Wesley's Sermons and Wesley's Notes on the New Testament.

there is no such thing as a methodist

Kiyoshi Tanimoto