Editing Methodism (section)

====France====
The French Methodist movement was founded in the 1820s by Charles Cook in the village of [[Congénies]] in [[Languedoc]] near [[Nîmes]] and [[Montpellier]]. The most important chapel of department was built in 1869, where there had been a [[Quaker]] community since the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=Methodist influences in 19th century in France|url=https://www.museeprotestant.org/en/notice/pietist-and-methodist-influences-in-xixth-century-france/|publisher=Virtual Museum of Protestantism|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref> Sixteen Methodist congregations voted to join the [[Reformed Church of France]] in 1938.<ref name="French UMC">{{cite web|title=France|url=http://www.umc-europe.org/france_e.php|website=www.umc-europe.org|publisher=United Methodist Church Europe UMC / Evangelisch-Methodistische Kirche Europa|access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref> In the 1980s, missionary work of a Methodist church in [[Agen]] led to new initiatives in [[Fleurance]] and [[Mont de Marsan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=France – General Board of Global Ministries|url=http://www.umcmission.org/Explore-Our-Work/Europe-and-Eurasia/France|website=www.umcmission.org|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202071801/http://www.umcmission.org/Explore-Our-Work/Europe-and-Eurasia/France|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Methodism exists today in France under various names. The best-known is the Union of Evangelical Methodist Churches ({{langx|fr|l'Union de l'Eglise Evangélique Méthodiste}}) or UEEM. It is an autonomous regional conference of the United Methodist Church and is the fruit of a fusion in 2005 between the "Methodist Church of France" and the "Union of Methodist Churches". {{As of|2014}}, the UEEM has around 1,200 members and 30 ministers.<ref name="French UMC" />