Editing Modesty (section)

====Methodists====
[[File:Girls at Methodist camp.png|350px|right|thumb|[[AWMC|Wesleyan Methodist]] girls enter the [[tabernacle (Methodist)|tabernacle]] at a [[camp meeting]]. ]]
{{Further|Outward holiness}}
Methodists belonging to the [[conservative holiness movement]], such as the [[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]] and [[Evangelical Wesleyan Church]], have guidelines on modest apparel in accordance with the [[Wesleyan-Arminian]] doctrine of [[outward holiness]].<ref name="AWMC">{{cite book|title=Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection|publisher=[[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]]|language=en|chapter=I. The Church|quote=Should we insist on plain and modest dress? Certainly. We should not on any account spend what the Lord has put into our hands as stewards, to be used for His glory, in expensive wearing apparel, when thousands are suffering for food and raiment, and millions are perishing for the Word of life. Let the dress of every member of every Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church be plain and modest. Let the strictest carefulness and economy be used in these respects.}}</ref><ref name="Scott2008">{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Stephen|title=Why Do They Dress That Way?|date=1 September 2008|publisher=Good Books|language=en|isbn=9781680992786|page=53}}</ref> The [[Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches]], which continues to observe the [[ordinance (Christianity)|ordinance]] of [[Christian head covering|women's headcovering]], stipulates "renouncing all vain pomp and glory" and "adorning oneself with modest attire."<ref>{{cite web |title=Brief Description |url=http://fimc.org.uk/about_us.htm |publisher=[[Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches]] |access-date=3 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126234944/http://fimc.org.uk/about_us.htm |archive-date=26 January 2022 |language=English |date=26 January 2022}}</ref> Their interpretation of {{Bibleverse|Exodus|20:26|KJV}} and {{Bibleverse|Exodus|28:42-43|KJV}} is seen as forbidding the exposure of the body from torso to thighs,<ref name="Arnold2022"/><ref name="BMCC2018">{{cite book |title=Discipline of the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches |date=2018 |publisher=[[Bible Methodist Connection of Churches]] |page=37 |url=https://www.biblemethodist.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2018-Bible-Methodist-Discipline-rev.-2.pdf |language=English |quote=71. Scripture uniformly regards the exposure of one's nakedness to other persons, except in the context of marriage, to be shameful and requires that it be covered.<sup>1</sup> One of God's first actions on behalf of fallen man was to clothe his nakedness.<sup>2</sup> We understand the biblical term “nakedness” to refer at the least to the area of the body from the knees to the neck.<sup>3</sup> … <sup>1</sup>Hosea 2:9 “Therefore I will return and take away My grain in its time And My new wine in its season, And will take back My wool and My linen, Given to cover her nakedness”; cf. Isa. 47:3; Rev. 3:18. <sup>2</sup>Genesis 3:21 “Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made coats of skin, and clothed them”; cf. Gen. 3:7, 11. <sup>3</sup>Exod. 20:26; 28:42; Job 30:18; Ezek. 16:7. … God created men and women to be distinct yet complementary reflections of His image.<sup>1</sup> God's concern for gender-distinction is evident throughout Scripture in the gender-distinctions He requires in the church,<sup>2</sup> marriage,<sup>3</sup> and men's and women's clothing.<sup>4</sup> We understand Scripture to teach that men should not wear women's clothing and women should not wear men's clothing; therefore, our people should avoid wearing clothing that confuses the sexes.<sup>5</sup> Recognizing the call of Scripture for men's hair to be short and women's hair to be long, we admonish our men to cut their hair short enough to be distinctly masculine and our ladies to abstain from cutting the hair as taught in 1 Corinthians 11.<sup>6</sup> … <sup>1</sup>Genesis 1:26-27 “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them”; cf. 1 Cor. 11:7-9. <sup>2</sup>1 Cor. 11:2-16; 14:29-35; 1 Tim. 2:11-15. <sup>3</sup>Eph. 5:22-33. <sup>4</sup>Deuteronomy 22:5 “A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.” <sup>5</sup>Deut. 22:5. <sup>6</sup>1 Cor. 11:5-6, 14-15.}}</ref> while {{Bibleverse|Deuteronomy|22:5|KJV}} is interpreted as God mandating gender-distinct clothing.<ref name="BMCC2018"/> The 2015 ''Discipline of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church'', for example, states:<ref name="EWC2015"/> "We require our women to appear in public with dresses of modest length, sleeves of modest length, modest necklines and modest hose; the wearing of split skirts, slacks, jeans, artificial flowers or feathers is forbidden." It goes on:

{{blockquote|Moreover, we require our men to conform to the scriptural standards of decent and modest attire; we require that when they appear in public they wear shirts with sleeves of modest length. We require that all our people appear in public with sleeves below the elbows. Women's hemlines are to be modestly below the knees. Our people are forbidden to appear in public with transparent or immodest apparel, including shorts or bathing suits. Parents are required to dress their children modestly in conformity with our general principles of Christian attire. We further prohibit our people from participating in the practices of body-piercing, tattooing or body art.<ref name="EWC2015">{{cite book|title=The Discipline of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church |year=2015|publisher=[[Evangelical Wesleyan Church]]|language=en|pages=41, 57–58}}</ref>|author=|title=|source=}}