United Methodist Collection Rates Plunge as COVID-19 Rises
By Heather Hahn- The United Methodist Church already is feeling financial fallout from COVID-19’s devastating spread. In a May 29 online meeting that also included prayers for an end to racism, General Council on Finance and Administration board members got a glimpse...
Barren Table Faith
By Steve Beard - Charles Albert Tindley arrived for his first pastoral appointment in Cape May, New Jersey, in the middle of a snow storm. With small children to feed, Charles and his wife had only a stale piece of bread. As parents, they dipped the bread in water to...
Archive: Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu
Archive: Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu By The Right Rev. Ayo Ladigbolu This Muslim Nigerian prince traded his kingdom for Christ I happen to belong to the family of the Alafi of Ayoc. (He was known as the king of kings and ruler of rulers in Nigeria.) The royal family embraced...
Archive: What Does it Mean to Be Holy?
Archive: What Does it Mean to Be Holy? In the second of a two-part series, Robert Coleman, professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, issues a summons to holiness In view of the unspeakable blessing of the life of divine grace, one would think that the body of...
Archive: A Shepherd’s Story
Archive: A Shepherd’s Story By Sara L. Anderson At four o'clock several mornings a week you will find Bill Mason, pastor of the 5,200-member Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Okla., beginning his devotional time. By six he's at a local hospital praying with a...
Archive: Virgin Birth: Fact or Fairy Tale
Archive: Virgin Birth: Fact or Fairy Tale A Debate On History's Most Persistent Paternity Question The Virgin Birth has long been considered central to the Christian faith. In the last century, however, that doctrine has been criticized. In 1924 at Carnegie Hall,...
Archive: Best Book Yet on UM Episcopacy
Archive: Best Book Yet on UM Episcopacy SET APART TO SERVE: THE ROLE OF THE EPISCOPACY IN THE WESLEYAN TRADITION by James K. Matthews (Abingdon, $13.95) Although this book received many favorable reviews just after its publication three years ago, it is most...
Archive: What Does it Mean To Be Sanctified?
In this first of a two-part series on sanctification, Robert Coleman, professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, says Calvinists and Wesleyans can agree on the essential character of the holy life Archive: What Does it Mean To Be Sanctified? Off the coast of...
