Editing Separation of church and state (section)

====Methodism====
In its section on National Reform, the ''Book of Discipline'' of the [[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]] states, with respect to Church and state relations:<ref name="AWMC2014">{{cite book|title=The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference)|year=2014|publisher=[[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]]|location=[[Salem, Ohio|Salem]]|language=en|pages=37–38}}</ref><ref name="WMC1896"/>

{{Blockquote|It shall be the duty of the ministers and members of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection to use their influence in every feasible manner in favor of a more complete recognition of the authority of Almighty God, in the secular and civil relations, both of society and of government, and the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ as King of nations as well as King of saints.<ref name="AWMC2014"/><ref name="WMC1896"/>}}

As such, the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church advocates for Bible reading in public schools, chaplaincies in the Armed Forces and in Congress, [[blue law]]s (reflecting historic Methodist belief in [[Sunday Sabbatarianism]]), and [[Christian amendment|amendments that advance the recognition of God]].<ref name="AWMC2014"/><ref name="WMC1896">{{cite book |title=Discipline of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America |year=1896|publisher=Wesleyan Methodist Church|language=en|pages=142–143}}</ref>