CT: Maui Fires Burn Site Where Hawaiian Queen First Brought Christianity to the Island
CT: Maui Fires Burn Site Where Hawaiian Queen First Brought Christianity to the Island Tragically, in addition to the human lives, homes, and businesses, there were many local churches in Lahaina Town that were lost to the flames -- including the historic Waiola...
Defining the Church
Defining the Church -- By Thomas Lambrecht -- As folks consider disaffiliation from The United Methodist Church and engage in foundational work to start the Global Methodist Church, it causes one to consider the question, “What is the church?” Is the church merely a...
Zimbabwe’s Wesleyan Approach to Ministry in a Pandemic
By Kudzai Chingwe - The founder of Methodism died on March 2, 1791, but his teachings remain relevant today amid a global pandemic. In his ministry, John Wesley established the concepts of class meetings for fellowship and the development of a disciplined spiritual...
John Wesley For Our Day
By Justus Hunter - Demand for high quality and spiritually nourishing biblical commentary has been steady in the Wesleyan tradition. John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes on the Old and New Testaments were among his best-selling titles. Adam Clarke’s commentary on the...
Order, Chaos, and Broken Methodism
By Scott Kisker I officially joined the United Methodist Church in 1980 when I was confirmed. I was 12 years old. It was not a major event in my life, secular or spiritual. I had been through confirmation, but the only thing I remember was John Wesley being saved from...
Our Daily Grace
By Courtney Lott - Do you hear the song of grace in your life? For the Rev. B.J. Funk, Associate Pastor at Central United Methodist Church in Fitzgerald, Georgia, its sweet melody has played throughout her entire life, calling to her like a well-intentioned siren...
Between Making Hay and the Dark Night of the Soul
By Elizabeth Glass Turner When things were normal, Summer was a season for seeing people we normally didn’t get to visit much: family reunions in park pavilions or vacation at a camp where we see people we only see once a year. In a spiritual sense, a similar...
The Theology Behind Ordination
By David Watson - The Wesleyan Covenant Association has released a series of articles on new paragraphs for inclusion in its draft “Book of Doctrines and Discipline.” In the first article on these sections, the Rev. Dr. David F. Watson addresses the theological...
