New Connexion

The New Connexion , also known as Methodist New Connexion , Wesleyan New Connexion or Kilhamiten , was a Methodist free church in Great Britain that existed from 1797 to 1907.

history

The New Connexion was created in 1797 as the first major split from the Methodist mainstream, the Original Connexion , after a minority around Alexander Kilham (1762–1798), who was excluded in 1796, demanded a more democratic structure and extensive participation rights for laypeople. In the background of the conflicts leading to the split, the sympathy of Kilham and many of his supporters with the French Revolution , with the political ideas expressed by Thomas Paine in Right of Man and with the radical movement that was being formed also played an important role; Members of the New Connexionsometimes referred to themselves as Tom Paine Methodists . There were no fundamental theological contradictions between the New Connexion and the Original Connexion .

The membership of the New Connexion was mainly made up of artisans and members of the educated middle classes and Methodists in the commercial centers of Lancashire and West Riding who were positively opposed to the political ideas of the Enlightenment . The New Connexion remained a relatively small church during its existence (around 17,000 members in 300 congregations in 1851) and merged with the United Methodist Free Churches and the Bible Christians to form the United Methodist Church in 1907 , which in turn became the Methodist Church of 1932 Great Britain rose.

Well-known members and projects

William Booth and Catherine Booth , founders of the Salvation Army , were members of the New Connexion before it was founded .

Everton FC football club was originally founded in 1878/79 by a New Connexion Liverpool community .

Membership development

1801: 4.815
1826: 10.233
1851: 16.962
1881: 25.797
1906: 37.017

literature

Edward P. Thompson : The Origin of the English Working Class . Volume 1. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1987, ISBN 3-518-11170-1 (especially p. 49ff.)

Web links

Information in the Census on Religious worship, England and Wales, 1851 on the New Connexion , S. lxxix-lxxxi

credentials

^ Karl Heinz Voigt : Booth, Catherine. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 256-257. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
↑ http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/concise/1878-1888.asp
↑ Numbers (selection) from: Alan D. Gilbert: Religion and Society in Industrial England. Church, Chapel and Social Change. London / New York 1976, p. 31

[1] Karl Heinz Voigt : Booth, Catherine. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 256-257. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

[2] ttp://www.toffeeweb.com/history/concise/1878-1888.asp

[3] Numbers (selection) from: Alan D. Gilbert: Religion and Society in Industrial England. Church, Chapel and Social Change. London / New York 1976, p. 31