Methodism

The doctrines of repentance, justification, regeneration, and sanctification are each a part of the ordo solutis, or the order of salvation. They are each a part of the journey toward the “restoration of God’s image in our lives” (Book of Discipline ¶102 50). They each speak of a salvation that is not a onetime event, but is marked by a lifetime of faithful response to God’s grace. That is another characteristic they each share: they are all preceded and facilitated by God’s grace. God’s loving…

John Wesley, an Anglican minister, was asked to serve for the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (S.P.G) and Church of England in Georgia. Georgia was the last English colony with people of every kind of race and religion in its population make up. The Moravians were one of many religious groups among Lutherans, Catholics, Jews, and Puritans from New England settled in Georgia. Even though John Wesley was a minister of the Church of England, his personal salvation…

Andrew Fuller lived during a crucial time in the history of the Particular Baptists. Religious life in England had become quite lethargic and pessimistic during much of the eighteenth century as a result of the Enlightenment. In contrast to the decline in religious fervor was the Methodist revival led by George Whitfield and John Wesley. By 1754 the Particular Baptists had yet to embrace the revival movement largely due to their high view of God’s sovereignty and belief that evangelism…

Introduction Common Ground is a local nonprofit in the Shreveport Bossier area. It serves the Cedar Grove neighborhood, which is a neighborhood that is higher in crime and poverty. Common Ground has been creating relationships for over ten years within this neighborhood. Throughout the years they have created programs that help better serve the people within the neighborhood. Common Ground is a faith based organization that works towards following in the ways of Jesus. History of Common Ground…

Churches were slow to take up the problem of social issues caused by the influx of new immigrants. Two of the first preachers to address this problem were Walter Rausenbush, pastor to the German Baptist Church in new York City in 1886 and Washington Gladden pastor of the Congregational Church in Columbus Ohio in 1882. Education of immigrants was taken very lightly but in 1889 Jane Adams set up Hull School in Chicago where it became the first settlement house. Here, new immigrants were…

John Wesley has had a primary influence on my discernment of God’s calling in my life to pastoral ministry. What drew me to personally further my knowledge of the great founder and theologian of the Methodist denomination was his life and preaching of “love” and “grace”. John Wesley is known for encouraging people to enter into a personal intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. I felt God’s calling into pastoral ministry as a very young boy who looked on with admiration as I watched my father…

The study will be conducted at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. New Hope Baptist Church was established in April of 1913. It was composed of seven members and led by Reverend Cassie. Reverend Cassie was succeeded by five other pastors who grew the church and built a sanctuary on Whitfield Mills Road. But as the church continued to expand and with new leadership under Reverend Jerry Young the sanctuary was moved to Watkins Drive, where it is still located. Under the guidance…

goes back in 1770 when John Wesley started this denomination. Methodism is a denomination of Christianity under the banner of Protestant faith. This denomination has roots that trace back to…

reader of the classics and he was on a deeply religious training promoted by his father’s Anglican conservatism and his mother’s Methodist radicalism. Compelled to choose between the two different denominations¬- Anglican and Methodist, he chose Methodism, a choice which…

People have reasoning and explanation for the actions they execute throughout life. However, they also have to suffer the consequences that follow the choices made. The American Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865, but a myriad of factors exist that affected the production of the war. The cause of the American Civil War has been among the most controversial issues of this nation’s past for several years.1 On top of that, the consequences and rewards, due to the aftermath of the war, helped…