Methodist Episcopal Church

My family moved to Meridian, MS from California when I was around six or seven years old. Since then, all the way up to the ninth grade, my mother took my sister and me to Saint James A.M.E. Church for Sunday services. One Sunday, a cousin of mine brought me along to the service of her new church, and ever since then I have been attending New Freedom Tabernacle. I have found that NFT has certain qualities about it that have always attracted my attention in ways that St. James could not; so, I…

“The Bible, Africa, and the Church in the Postmodern Era” Another key point, as leaders, pastors, etc. there must be an understanding of the word “postmodern” in order to see the impact it has in African American churches today. If understanding correctly, postmodern thinking implies pleasing people rather than God is okay. In other words, forbidden things are acceptable now; having no biblical insight, denial of absolute and objective truth is the current fade, also to some God really don’t…

As found in the 1963 “Love that Forgives” Sunday school lesson from the 16th Street Baptist Church, “Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.” The idiosyncratic history of African Americans in the U.S. is marked by experiences of racism, oppression, inequality, and adversity. These problematic experiences are critical in understanding how intergroup forgiveness for a…

dinner, assist the handicapped, hand out T-shirts, and greet attendees at the Allentown Rescue Mission’s 12th Annual Spaghetti Dinner, one of three fundraisers held each year, which raises money to support their programs. Held at Asbury United Methodist Church in Allentown, Pa, the event served 906 dinners and raised a grand total of $107,700 for the Mission.…

which is to help out the poor. We did this by donating all the money we raised to Melissa’s Hope, an orphanage in Haiti. We are all getting closer to becoming a full member of the Church by our actions in this year’s Mission Carnival. This project has helped me understand what God wants us to do as members of the Church and has given me an idea of what I want to do when I am older. 4. How would you rate yourself and your class as a whole on taking initiative for this big event and…

the church and the local community were ministered to by my mother, and I was a firsthand witness to many of those. I remember carrying sacks of groceries and clothes to homes all over the city and watching my mom pray and lead these needy people to the Lord. It was in my mother that I saw the hard and often unrecognized work of ministry, but again, it was in the confines of a large church that was committed in stocking the shelves and clothing racks. My mother never had to beg the church for…

questions about what salvation means, particularly within The United Methodist Church, and just don’t ask. I am very happy to have this conversation with you. As you know, different denominations believe salvation to be different than other denominations. Since you are attending The United Methodist Church, I want to talk to you about how John Wesley understood salvation. As you may know, John Wesley was the founder of The Methodist Movement. So often people tend to think of salvation in…

Figure 10 breaks down the percentage of youth attending Christian Formation groups per church size. Thus, Figure 10 compares youth as a percent among other age groups. The conference average percentage of youth per total CF participation is 16%. This demonstrates a progression of youth participation toward medium churches. In fact, Groups 100-134 and 135-199 have 31% of the conference’s total youth and 22% of the conference’s weekly attendees. Figure 11 – Young Adults as a % of Church’s Total…

The Wesley Understand of Human Salvation What is salvation? The salvation which is here spoken of is not what is frequently understood by the word, the going to heaven, eternal happiness. ……It is not a blessing which lies on the other side of death….it is a present thing….[it] might be extended to the entire work of God , from the first dawning of grace in the soul till it is consummated in glory (Maddox 143). Albert C. Outler noted that this sermon has the most extensive history of oral…

and who demonstrates love of God and neighbor then shows the marks of a Christian life. Wesley also gave a guide for the marks of a Christian life in the “General Rules of our United Societies.” These have since become the “General Rules” of the church. Bishop Rueben Job called them “three simple rules that have the power to change the world” (Job 7). They offer the marks of a Christian life. 1) Do no harm. Which is to avoid evil. 2) Do good. Be merciful and do “good of every possible sort.”…