WHY THE WORD CONNEXION?
The word “connexion” is an old European word that originally meant simply “connection.” The word “Connexion” took on a specific religious connotation during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It evolved into a concept that a Christian is one who is connected, united, joined together as one in the body of Christ. This concept is reflected in the Gospel of John, Chapter 15, where we are all connected to Jesus the Vine. Small Bible study, prayer or other groups within a denomination formed circuits that would employ traveling ministers to preach or to bring special knowledge or skills to their circuit. These ministers usually worked in conjunction with the minister assigned to the parish. These circuits became known as a Connexion. Hence in the 1700s the Wesleyan societies, classes, and conferences became known as the Methodist Connexion. The Methodist Church of Great Britain still uses the term Connexion explaining that the Circuits, Districts, and Conferences form the Connexion. T
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