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How did the units get their name?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 2/15/2023

When John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was in college he and his friends formed a religious club. This club was so scheduled that other students made fun of them by calling them "methodists". The word United comes from when the Methodist church merged with the United Brethren Church.

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