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The Methodist Protestant Bible Association is a church organization founded in Alabama in 2008 as a separate entity by former ministers and members of the present-day Methodist Protestant Church. As of 2012, it was composed of 7 churches located in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. It's discipline and organizational structure was derived from and closely resembles that of the MPC, although it exists as a separate entity. It has absolutely no formal, official, or governmental ties to the Methodist Protestant Church whatsoever. Like the MPC, the MPBA follows the Wesleyan Armenian tradition, is both conservative and biblically holiness based in doctrine.

History
The issues surrounding the establishment of the Methodist Protestant Bible Association as a separate denomination are due to a schism as well as biblical preservation issues which were occurring in the Methodist Protestant Church. Unlike the MPC, there is no historical sketch to record these events in the MPBA's discipline. However, one of the controversies involved was the use of a traditional bible version such as the King James Version as opposed to more modern contemporary bible versions such as the New International Version. While some ministers promoted the philosophy that the King James Version is the closest english version to the true inspired word of God and therefore the only version that ministers should use in the deliverance of their sermons, others in the MPC had begun to promote the use of newer bible versions. To this, some ministers of what was to become the Bible Association objected.

The first conference of the Methodist Protestant Bible Association denomination was held at Pleasant Grove Methodist Protestant Church in (city), Alabama on (date).

Church Governance
The Methodist Protestant Bible Association is a representative democracy having equal representation between ministers and laymen. The MPBA holds annual conferences in Alabama each year to which the members of the churches send delegates.

Latest Outreaches
The Association holds an annual summer camp which, as of 2012, has been held at Poplar Point Camp, Alabama for the past three years.