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The '''United Methodist Publishing House''' is the oldest and largest general agency of [www.umc.org/ The United Methodist Church]. It was established in 1789 in Philadelphia as the Methodist Book Concern. The [[Nashville]] operation was opened in 1854 as the publishing house for the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

The '''United Methodist Publishing House''' is the oldest and largest general agency of [http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1353935/k.93F7/The_United_Methodist_Church__Our_mission_is_to_make_disciples_of_Jesus_Christ_for_the_transformation_of_the_world.htm The United Methodist Church]. It was established in 1789 in Philadelphia as the Methodist Book Concern. The [[Nashville]] operation was opened in 1854 as the publishing house for the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

With the unification of three branches of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism Methodism] in 1939, Nashville was chosen as headquarters for publishing operations for the united church. With the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_United_Brethren_Church Evangelical United Brethren]-Methodist merger in 1968, it became The United Methodist Publishing House.

With the unification of three branches of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism Methodism] in 1939, Nashville was chosen as headquarters for publishing operations for the united church. With the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_United_Brethren_Church Evangelical United Brethren]-Methodist merger in 1968, it became The United Methodist Publishing House.