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The Communion of Saints: May in Christian history

Posted in Christian/Methodist History, tagged on April 30, 2010 |

May 3, 1738: English preacher George Whitefield (left), the most famous religious figure of the 1700s, arrives in America for his first of seven visits. In his lifetime, Whitefield preached at least 18,000 times to perhaps 10 million hearers. Benjamin Franklin said of him, “He had a loud and clear voice, and articulated his words [...]

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Bill Bouknight: What I wish the Council of Bishops would say

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Church Renewal, Doctrine, Evangelism, Holiness, Revival, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on April 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »

The United Methodist Council of Bishops issues occasional statements and letters intended to “provide spiritual leadership” to the church. Most recently (November 2009), the bishops issued a “pastoral letter” (PDF) asserting that “God’s creation is in crisis” and calling United Methodists to practice “social and environmental holiness by caring for God’s people and God’s planet [...]

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Podcast: Bishop Gerald Kennedy on ‘The Marks of a Methodist’

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Christian/Methodist History, Discipleship, Podcasts, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on April 19, 2010 |

The premiere podcast of our spring 2010 season features the leader who served for two decades as the bishop of the Los Angeles Area of The (United) Methodist Church: Bishop Gerald Kennedy. Born in Michigan and raised in California, Gerald Hamilton Kennedy was schooled at the College of the Pacific, the Pacific School of Religion, [...]

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UM renewal leader: ‘The UMC is worth fighting for’

Posted in Church Renewal, General Conference, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on April 7, 2010 | 17 Comments »

Two weeks after many United Methodists were dismayed to discover that a General Board of the United Methodist Church was closely involved in passage of the sweeping new health-care law that has vastly expanded federal power and could lead to doctor shortages and medical delays, many evangelicals in the denomination are receiving a letter from [...]

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The Communion of Saints: April in Christian history

Posted in Christian/Methodist History, United Methodist Church, tagged on April 5, 2010 |

April 2, 1877: Baptist evangelist Mordecai Ham (left) is born in Allen County, Kentucky. At the end of his ministry, he claimed one million converts — including Billy Graham, who made a profession of faith at a 1934 Ham meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. April 4, 1742: Charles Wesley preaches his famous sermon, “Awake, Thou [...]

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