I would say there is no difference If they both preach the uncorrupted word of God, As He recognizes no religious demonination, only those who believe in his Son and those who do not.

"The United Methodist Church was formed in 1968 as a result of a merger between the Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) and the Methodist Church. The former church had resulted from mergers of several groups of German Methodist heritage. There was no longer any need or desire to worship in the German language. The merged church had approximately 9 million members as of the late 1990s. While United Methodist Church in America membership has been declining, associated groups in developing countries are growing rapidly." "In addition to the United Methodist Church, there are over 40 other denominations that descend from John Wesley's Methodist movement. Some, such as the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Free Methodists, the Wesleyan Church (formerly Wesleyan Methodist), the Congregational Methodist Church and First Congregational Methodist Church are explicitly Methodist. The Primitive Methodist Church is a continuing branch of the former British Primitive Methodist Church. Others do not call themselves Methodist, but are related to varying degrees. The Evangelical Church was formed by a group of EUB congregations who dissented from the merger which formed the United Methodist Church. The Salvation Army was founded by William Booth, a former Methodist, and derives some of its theology from Methodism. Similar "social justice" denominations include the Church of the Nazarene and the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Some of the Charismatic or Pentecostal churches such as the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Assemblies of God also have roots in or draw from Wesleyan thought." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist

The former prefer free-lance, independent dogma? ;-)

one is united and the other I guess divided??

Obvious that, the second one's a supporter of Man U. [:)]

None really. They both teach that human experimentation (a.k.a. embryonic stem cell research) is legitimate. http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=4&mid=6560 . In the past, the UMC has taught that direct abortion is not murder of the innocent. http://archives.umc.org/umns/backgrounders.asp?ptid=2&story={FB3D4877-CA2B-4BBE-B0A6-B74DAB578C6F}&mid=905 . Abortion was condemned by the Apostles in the Didache in the second century. Whatever the moral teaching of the UMC is, it is unabashedly not Christian.

ok, I am a member of a methodist church, and I think you are ignorant and have no idea what you are talking about! Methodists are CHRISTIANS and NO, WE DO NOT SUPPORT ABORTION! I don't know where you are getting your information from, but it is obviously flawed. Anything that is rumored to have been taught centuries ago has nothing to do with what we are taught now. And I have never heard such ridiculous accusations in my life. What kind of a christian are you to make accusations about other branches of christianity, and say that we are going to hell? I think you need to examine your own faith if you ask me. Anyone who would like to know more about methodism, please do not listen to what ignorant fools who do not know any better have to say about it.

Methodists worship Method Man, while United Methodists worship him in his Voltron like form united with Redman to form "Super Terrific Two Headed Rapper Ninja".

One is united and the other is not...