Quiz: How Much Do You Actually Know About Methodist History?
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God's calling on you to answer these quiz questions!
Answer these questions on the history of the methodist church including the origins of the church, it's early founders, and what it stands for!
Mar 27, 2018
1 of 18Pick the correct answer!
What kind of religion is Methodist?
Anglican
Protestant
Catholic
2 of 18Pick the correct answer!
When did the Methodist Church begin?
During Jesus's teachings in the 1st century
During the Reformation in the 1500s
In the 18th century Church of England
3 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Which is not a distinguishing doctrine of the Methodist faith?
assurance of salvation
anointing of the sick
imparted righteousness
4 of 18Pick the correct answer!
What has primacy (authority) in the Methodist faith?
the Pope
the Scripture
the Priest
5 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Methodists believe that Jesus died so that salvation is available for ___________.
other methodists
everyone
anyone who believes in Jesus
6 of 18Pick the correct answer!
While the Methodist religion was growing, what unusual place did the founders preach in?
they preached in their established churches
In boats on the ocean
open-air places like fields and churchyards
7 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Methodist societies were divided into groups called _____________.
home groups
classes
quadrons
8 of 18Pick the correct answer!
These classes took part in love feasts which did what?
created spaces for people to complain about their lives
allowed for the sharing of testimony
helped poor people eat healthy food
9 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Which is not a foundation of the Methodist church?
People are all, by nature, "dead in sin"
People can only find salvation through good deeds
Faith produces inward and outward holiness
10 of 18Pick the correct answer!
What church did the Methodists separate from?
Anglican
Lutheran
Catholic
11 of 18Pick the correct answer!
The church's split with England happened during what major war?
the French and Indian War
the American Revolutionary War
the War of 1812
12 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Early Methodism...
did not allow women to have authority in church leadership
gave women authority with other women but not in church leadership
allowed women authority in church leadership
13 of 18Pick the correct answer!
In Methodism, when was the First Great Awakening?
Industrial England
colonial America
during slavery in America
14 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Methodist churches _________ adhere to a single definitive statement or "confession" of belief
do
do not
sometimes
15 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Some Methodist denominations also publish ____________, which summarize Christian doctrine.
bible versus
scripture
catechisms
16 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Methodists believe in __________.
free will
predestination
neither of the above
17 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Methodists believe in sacraments.
False
True
18 of 18Pick the correct answer!
Methodism was endowed by the Wesley brothers with worship characterized by a twofold practice, which is NOT one of these two?
the informal preaching service
the Book of Common Prayer
giving away riches to be faithful to God