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• "Salvation by Faith" - by John Wesley

  
  Restart — Authority: 130
  Preached at St. Mary’s, Oxford, before the University, on June 18, 1738. “By grace are ye saved through faith.” - Ephesians 2.8 1. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having no claim to the ...
  2 days ago

• A New Church Mission Statement

  
  Being the Way I was Made — Authority: 103
  Mission Statement: “Transforming the broken into whole-hearted disciples of Christ signified by our loves and lives.” Brokenness defines us.  I wish it wasn’t so, but it is.  We are each defined to some extent by our brokenness.  We have all described people as “a little needy,” “conceited,” or ...
  4 days ago

• A New Church Vision

  
  Being the Way I was Made — Authority: 103
  As my seminary career is getting closer to being finished, it is time for my self-instituted capstone project.  A blog series on the mission and core values of a church that I am called to lead.  Now, this is not just a project for me, but it is also an attempt to live out my recent calling to be a church planter in ...
  4 days ago

• Central Texas Conference Prays for Fort Hood

  
  Mitch Lewis — Authority: 415
  United Methodist Bishop Mike Lowery has asked the 320 churches of the Central Texas Conference to join in this prayer for Fort Hood this Sunday: Lord God, we come to you in grief and shock over the shootings at Fort Hood. We pray this day for the families who have lost loved ones, for those who are wounded and for ...
  1 week ago

• A Ship and its Chapel Forged from the Ruins

  
  Mitch Lewis — Authority: 415
  The USS New York (LPD-21) was commissioned today (7 November 2009) in New York City. The vessel contains about 7 tons of World Trade Center steel in its bow. It also has World Trade Center steel in its chapel. United Methodist pastor (and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander) Laura Bender serves as the ships chaplain. ...
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• The Best Decision a Methodist Pastor Can Make…

  
  Purging my soul...one blog at a time. — Authority: 452
  Several weeks ago, I heard about a Methodist pastor who did something radical this past year. Those of us who are not  involved in a plant or an overly contemporary Methodist church work through a number of committees and groups who help foster the growth of our congregations. For the record, I don’t think this is ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Church Of Teddy 10.18.09

  
  Gay Cousin Teddy — Authority: 99
  Today I officially joined a church. This is the first time in my adult life that I’ve actually called a specific place of worship “my church.” More significantly, I officially joined the United Methodist Church, thus formally breaking ties with the Roman Catholic Church. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t ...
  3 weeks ago

• Methodist Culture

  
  Mitch Lewis — Authority: 415
  I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the valute of Methodist culture. By "culture," I mean something less tangible and more dynamic than what some would might call Methodist "distinctives." By culture, I’m not talking about doctrinal formulas, organizational structure or the formal elements of the Methodist ...
  3 weeks ago

• Two Problems with Wesleys Teaching on Perfection

  
  Mitch Lewis — Authority: 415
  One of John Wesleys distinctive teachings involved what came to be known as "Christian perfection" or "entire sanctification." Wesley taught that Christians can and should experience a second act of Gods grace enabling them them to love God and their neighbors perfectly in thought, temperament and intention. Both ...
  4 weeks ago

• A New Approach to Fundraising

  
  Out the Door — Authority:
  Once the difficult task of arriving at a church budget has been completed, a more important question arises, "How to we raise the funds to meet this budget?" Heres some things I plan on implementing in the coming months.  Many of these are my take on ideas from the book Its Not Your Parents Offering Plate , by J. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Scouting: Some lessons for Methodism?

  
  connexions — Authority: 547
  For the last few weeks I’ve been helping out with the local Scouts and Cubs and I’ve got to admit it’s been fun. The next logical step was to offer to join the movement more formally as an assistant leader. Slightly scary, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. I’m still waiting to hear from the powers [...]
  4 weeks ago

• Methodist Distinctives

  
  Mitch Lewis — Authority: 415
  What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas; still another, "I follow Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul? -- 1 Corinthians 1:12-13 My hope is built on nothing less Than Wesleys ...
  4 weeks ago

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