Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches
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The Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches (Template:Langx) is an Italian united Protestant denomination.
It was founded in 1975 upon the union of the Waldensian Evangelical Church (a Calvinist church with pre-Reformation roots) and the Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy.
It has 50,000 members (45,000 Waldensians, of whom 30,000 in Italy and some 15,000 divided between Argentina and Uruguay, and 5,000 Methodists) and it is member of both the World Communion of Reformed Churches (as Waldensian Evangelical Church) and of the World Methodist Council (as Methodist Evangelical Church).
It is a founding member of the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy, an ecumenical body representing Italian historical Protestant denominations. The denomination voted, in 2010, to bless same-gender couples.[1][2]
See also
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- Religion in Italy
- Christianity in Italy
- Protestantism in Italy
- List of Italian religious minority politicians
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- Protestantism in Italy
- Waldensianism
- Methodist denominations
- Members of the World Council of Churches
- United and uniting churches
- Religious organisations based in Italy
- Christian organizations established in 1975
- Methodist denominations established in the 20th century
- Affirming Christian denominations in Europe