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Other students mocked them, saying they were the "Holy Club" and "the Methodists", being methodical and exceptionally detailed in their Bible study, opinions and disciplined lifestyle.Eventually, the so-called Methodists started individual societies or classes for members of the Church of England who wanted to live a more religious life.On May 25, 1738, after listening to a reading of Martin Luther's preface to Romans, John felt complete peace and the assurance of faith.[4] The first official organization in the United States occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1784, with the formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Christmas Conference with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the leaders.[8] In this new denomination, the "Episcopal form of government inherited from Wesley and Anglicanism, was replaced with a loose connection of societies or churches which characterized the Methodist movement in its earliest days".
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