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The Methodists
Methodists number at least 13,000,000 and are the second largest Protestant group. While modern Methodism has officially abandoned many of its more conservative views, American Methodism has traditionally been associated with very strict standards of personal living regarding gambling, sex, alcohol, or even card playing and dancing.
Methodists believe in infant baptism, done by sprinkling of water rather than by full
immersion. Methodism is a socially active religion, with a great number of colleges, missions
and hospitals to its credit. Its roots were in eighteenth century England with the teachings of
John Wesley. American Presidents Polk, Grant, Hayes and McKinley were Methodists.
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