Our Beliefs

Canfield UMC is a United Methodist Church in Canfield, Ohio. The church is in the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. The conference headquarters is in Canton, Ohio. The Canfield Church is a part of the Mahoning Valley District of the East Ohio Conference.

UMC MESSAGE ON BELIEFS

The United Methodist Church has foundational beliefs alongside a shared, common core of beliefs in the Bible and other Christian churches. Standing on the Bible, the United Methodist Social Principles, The Christian Articles of Religion, and the Confession of Faith, our local church bears the beliefs of all United Methodist churches.

Formed in 1968, from a merger of the Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church, the United Methodist Church with 42,000 churches and almost 12 million members, is the largest, mainline, American denomination.

✞  SOCIAL PRINCIPLES

✞  ARTICLES OF RELIGION

Our Social Principles (umc.org)

The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church (umc.org)

The United Methodist Church stands on the 25 basic beliefs of the Articles of Religion. The founder, John Wesley, made the Articles of Religion the rubric of the beginnings of Methodism. From the 2016 Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church.

  1. Faith in the Holy Trinity
  2. The Word, or Son of God, Who Was Made Very Man
  3. The Resurrection of Christ
  4. The Holy Ghost
  5. The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation
  6. The Old Testament
  7. Original or Birth Sin
  8. Free Will
  9. Justification
  10. Good Works
  11. Works of Supererogation
  12. Sin After Justification
  13. The Church
  1. Purgatory
  2. Speaking in the Congregation in Such a Tongue as the People Understand
  3. Sacraments
  4. Baptism
  5. The Lord’s Supper
  6. Both Kinds
  7. The One Oblation of Christ, Finished upon the Cross
  8. Marriage of Ministers
  9. Rites and Ceremonies of Churches
  10. Rulers of the United States of America
  11. Christian Men’s Goods
  12. Christian Man’s Oath

✞ CONFESSION OF FAITH 

Confession of Faith of The Evangelical United Brethren Church (umc.org)

  1. God
  2. Jesus Christ
  3. The Holy Spirit
  4. The Holy Bible
  5. The Church
  6. The Sacraments
  7. Sin and Free Will
  8. Reconciliation Through Christ
  1. Justification and Regeneration
  2. Good Works
  3. Sanctification and Christian Perfection
  4. The Judgment and the Future State
  5. Public Worship
  6. The Lord’s Day
  7. The Christian and Property
  8. Civil Government

Excerpt from The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church 2016.
Copyright ©2016 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission.

East Ohio Conference UMC

2023 East Ohio Annual Conference – June 8-10, 2023

Akron Convention Center 77 E. Mill Street, Akron, Ohio 44308

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