History of Free Methodist

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The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism? which is a kind of Protestant Christianity. It was founded in the 1860 by a group, led by [B. T. Roberts]?, that left the Methodist Episcopal Church for a number of reasons. The Free Methodists are so named because they believed it was improper to charge for better seats in pews closer to the pulpit. They also opposed slavery and supported freedom for all slaves in the United States, while many Methodists in the South at that time did not actively oppose slavery. Beyond that, they advocated "freedom" from secret societies, which had undermined parts of the ME Church.

The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism? which is a kind of Protestant Christianity. It was founded in the 1860 by a group, led by [B. T. Roberts]?, that left the Methodist Episcopal Church for a number of reasons. The Free Methodists are so named because they believed it was improper to charge for better seats in pews closer to the pulpit. They also opposed slavery and supported freedom for all slaves in the United States, while many Methodists in the South at that time did not actively oppose slavery. Beyond that, they advocated "freedom" from secret societies, which had allegedly undermined parts of the ME Church.