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Author: Richard Pyke Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1532600291 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 207
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"The author of this book has accomplished a difficult and delicate task. He has condensed within a comparatively brief record the story of an historic era in Methodism, and he has done this without sacrificing any essential element of the story." -- From the foreword
Author: Richard Pyke Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1532600291 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 207
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"The author of this book has accomplished a difficult and delicate task. He has condensed within a comparatively brief record the story of an historic era in Methodism, and he has done this without sacrificing any essential element of the story." -- From the foreword
Author: James V. Heidinger (II) Publisher: ISBN: 9781628244021 Category : Church attendance Languages : en Pages : 288
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"Once a strong, vital, and growing denomination, the United Methodist Church is now barely recognizable after more than four decades of demoralization and membership decline. What has gone wrong? In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the American church saw the rise of "theological liberalism," a religious system that intended to respond to new scientific and intellectual currents that were sweeping across the culture. Instead, liberalism not only challenged, but often displaced the substance of the church's doctrine and teaching, accommodating it to the new intellectual milieu of secularism and rationalism. In The Rise of Theological Liberalism and the Decline of American Methodism, James Heidinger discusses the rise of liberalism in America, its anti-supernatural focuses, and the resulting transition in Wesleyan theology. While there are undoubtedly many dimensions to the decline of a denomination, Heidinger suggests we look no further than theological liberalism as the driving force behind the fall of the once-mighty United Methodist Church"--
Author: Dr. Jason E. Vickers Publisher: Kingswood Books ISBN: 1426746105 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 405
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In 1968, the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) churches merged to form The United Methodist Church. More than forty years later, many United Methodists know very little about the history, doctrine, and polity of the EUB. To be sure, there are vestiges of the EUB, most notably the Confession of Faith, in the United Methodist Book of Discipline, but there is much more to be profitably explored. For example, the EUB represents a strand of German Pietism that developed an emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church that, with the exception of Wesley, Fletcher and the early Methodists, was unparalleled in the history of Protestantism. This book makes accessible to clergy and laity alike the considerable riches of the EUB tradition with a view toward the renewal of United Methodism today.
Author: William H. Willimon Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press ISBN: 161164061X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 153
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This brief introduction spells out the major beliefs of the United Methodist Church in a clear, nontechnical style. William Willimon, the beloved United Methodist author, preacher, teacher, and bishop, discusses the great theological themes that United Methodists share in common with all Christians as well as the particular accents and emphases that characterize United Methodist understandings of Christian doctrines. In his engaging style, Willimon opens the door for further study, challenging the reader to move toward a continuing reflection on their faith. This guide will be of great value to those who are beginning their study of United Methodist beliefs as well as those who have long been in the church and want a helpful way to refresh their understandings of the distinctiveness of United Methodist doctrine.
Author: J. Gordon Melton Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 340
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A Will to Choose traces the history of African-American Methodism beginning with their emergence in the fledgling American Methodist movement in the 1760s. Responding to Methodism's anti-slavery stance, African-Americans joined the new movement in large numbers and by the end of the eighteenth century, had made up the largest minority in the Methodist church, filling positions of authority as class leaders, exhorters, and preachers. Through the first half of the nineteenth century, African Americans used the resources of the church in their struggle for liberation from slavery and racism in the secular culture. --From publisher description.
Author: Ashley Dreff Publisher: New Room Books ISBN: 9781945935329 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 294
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This book will show how American Methodists discussed, debated, and discerned human sexuality, broadly defined to include birth control, divorce, sex education, abortion, and the rights of persons who identify as gay and lesbian, in the twentieth century.
Author: Rimi Xhemajli Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 172526921X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 346
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In The Supernatural and the Circuit Riders, Rimi Xhemajli shows how a small but passionate movement grew and shook the religious world through astonishing signs and wonders. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, early American Methodist preachers, known as circuit riders, were appointed to evangelize the American frontier by presenting an experiential gospel: one that featured extraordinary phenomena that originated from God’s Spirit. In employing this evangelistic strategy of the gospel message fueled by supernatural displays, Methodism rapidly expanded. Despite beginning with only ten official circuit riders in the early 1770s, by the early 1830s, circuit riders had multiplied and caused Methodism to become the largest American denomination of its day. In investigating the significance of the supernatural in the circuit rider ministry, Xhemajli provides a new historical perspective through his eye-opening demonstration of the correlation between the supernatural and the explosive membership growth of early American Methodism, which fueled the Second Great Awakening. In doing so, he also prompts the consideration of the relevance and reproduction of such acts in the American church today.
Author: Dale McConkey Publisher: ISBN: 9781732660700 Category : Languages : en Pages : 180
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The United Methodist Church is facing the biggest crisis of its 50-year history. At the center of the controversy is a debate over the church
Author: David Scott Publisher: Abingdon Press ISBN: 1791015999 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 206
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For more than 200 years, millions of Methodists have shared God’s love with the world. Baked into the theological purpose of our mission is the compassion and resolve to relieve human suffering by offering healing, hope, and holiness everywhere in the world. Millions of Methodist people on every continent persist in serving faithfully amid the tensions and challenges that cry out for transformation. This book tells the story of these global efforts, beginning with John Stewart’s ministry among the Wyandotte Nation in America, and what Methodists have learned about God’s mission along the way. This book also describes how United Methodist Global Ministries is living out these lessons of cooperation, humility, relationship, and practicing holistic mission. Together, Methodists pursue and promote personal, social, and cosmic transformation. Together, we work and live amid the tensions that enrich and expand our awareness of Methodist identity in God’s diverse world.
Author: Richard Pyke
Author: Richard Pyke
Author: James V. Heidinger (II)
Author: J. Ellsworth Kalas
Author: Dr. Jason E. Vickers
Author: William H. Willimon
Author: J. Gordon Melton
Author: Ashley Dreff
Author: Rimi Xhemajli
Author: Dale McConkey
Author: David Scott