Wesleyan Church is a religious denomination that was founded in 1968. It was formed by the merger of two American churches, the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Pilgrim Holiness Church. The Wesleyan Methodist Church had been established in 1843, and the Pilgrim Holiness Church in 1897. Many beliefs of the Wesleyan Church are based on doctrines set forth by the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius and the English minister John Wesley. The church conducts missionary work in Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America, the Pacific Islands, and the Caribbean region. It operates a number of universities, seminaries, and other institutions of higher education. There are Wesleyan churches in dozens of countries. The church’s world headquarters are in Fishers, Indiana. See also Arminianism ; Indiana Wesleyan University ; Wesley, Charles ; Wesley, John .
