In response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent comment that increased funding for government-supplied contraception services would ultimately “reduce costs of the states and to the federal government,” WorldNetDaily today posted an article I co-authored more than a decade ago with Christian financial teacher Larry Burkett. The piece is titled, “The George Bailey Effect,” playing [...]
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Billy Abraham on United Methodism: ‘There is no common faith among us’
Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Church Renewal, Discipleship, Doctrine, Evangelism, General Conference, Laity, Preaching, United Methodist Church, tagged Audio on January 29, 2009 |
Speaking earlier this month at the United Methodist Congress on Evangelism, Dr. William J. (Billy) Abraham said the seeds of United Methodism’s 40-year decline were sown inadvertently by one of the “founding fathers” of the denomination, the late Albert C. Outler. (Outler chaired the Theological Study Commission appointed by the General Conference when the United [...]
Lyn Powell on the new United Methodist membership vows
Posted in Book of Discipline, Church Renewal, Discipleship, Doctrine, Evangelism, General Conference, Laity, North Georgia Conference, United Methodist Church on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
New membership vows for the United Methodist Church took effect on Jan. 1, 2009. Formerly, incoming members pledged “to be loyal to the United Methodist Church” and “to faithfully participate in its ministries by their prayers, their presence, their gifts, and their service.” Now, new members will pledge loyalty “to Christ through the United Methodist [...]
Bishop Robert Schnase on ‘The Five Practices’
Posted in Bishops, Church Growth, Church Renewal, Discipleship, Doctrine, Evangelism, Stewardship, United Methodist Church, tagged Audio on January 14, 2009 |
Bishop Robert Schnase (Missouri Conference) has done a great service for the United Methodist Church with his book, The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations. The United Methodist News Service notes that “[p]ublisher Abingdon Press has sold nearly 75,000 copies of the Five Practices book, and demand is hot for the companion leader manual and media [...]
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