With a goal of fostering “flourishing churches that make disciples of Jesus Christ,” the Fellowship of Presbyterians, a group of more than 500 theologically conservative congregations of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has unveiled a new “denominational entity”: the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO). The official unveiling occurred at a Jan. 18-20 Covenanting Conference in [...]
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Mission-minded conservative leaders in Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) launch new denomination
Posted in Church Renewal, Evangelism, Revival, Sermons, tagged Audio, Video on January 30, 2012 | Comments Off
Should we turn control of UMC over to the Council of Bishops?
Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Christian/Methodist History, Church Renewal, General Conference, North Georgia Conference, United Methodist Church, tagged UMC, United Methodist Church on January 19, 2012 | Comments Off
The following commentary is by Joe M. Whittemore, a member of the United Methodist Church’s Connectional Table. Mr. Whittemore, a delegate to the 2012 UM General Conference, has chaired Committee on Episcopacy for the Southeastern Jurisdiction and has served as the Lay Leader of North Georgia Annual Conference. This opinion piece was originally published in a [...]
Call to Action member: We must foster vital congregations or ‘we do not have a future with hope’
Posted in Bishops, Church Renewal, General Conference, North Georgia Conference, United Methodist Church, tagged Audio, UMC, United Methodist Church, Video on June 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »
A member of the United Methodist Church’s Call to Action Steering Team says the team’s task was to be “prophetic” and to avoid the “terminal niceness” that has long inhibited realistic discussion of the challenges facing the denomination. “We were asked to do a deep study of the church,” the Rev. Jorge Acevedo, lead pastor [...]
Podcast: Steve Wende on electing delegates to GC 2012
Posted in Church Renewal, Doctrine, General Conference, North Georgia Conference, Podcasts, United Methodist Church, tagged Audio, UMC, United Methodist Church on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On this edition of the MethodistThinker Mini-Podcast, Dr. Stephen P. Wende, senior pastor of First United Methodist Church–Houston, Texas, urges the election of delegates to the 2012 UMC General Conference “who will represent God-honoring, Kingdom-focused, Christ-first, biblically strong positions.” He says that the outcome of this year’s elections will determine whether or not the future [...]
Podcast — George Hunter: Can the once-great Methodist movement become a movement again?
Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Church Renewal, Doctrine, Evangelism, Politics, United Methodist Church, tagged Audio, UMC, United Methodist Church on May 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
On this edition of the MethodistThinker Mini-Podcast, Dr. George Hunter of Asbury Seminary details how Methodism, at least in its institutional United Methodist form, has become what it was once a reaction against. In his remarks, recorded earlier this year at United Methodist Congress on Evangelism, Dr. Hunter asks if “a once great movement” — [...]
Terry Teykl on becoming a ‘Presence-based church’
Posted in Church Renewal, Discipleship, Doctrine, Holiness, Prayer, Revival, United Methodist Church, tagged UMC, United Methodist Church on May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The following commentary is by Terry Teykl, author of The Presence-Based Church, My Most Wanted: 40 Days to Pray for the Lost, and Pray the Price: United Methodists United in Prayer. An elder in the Texas Annual Conference, Dr. Teykl is a “prayer evangelist,” traveling across the U.S. and around the world encouraging churches to [...]
Podcast — Bishop Lindsey Davis: Will the UMC have the courage to do what needs to be done?
Posted in Bishops, Church Renewal, Discipleship, Evangelism, General Conference, Podcasts, United Methodist Church, tagged Audio, UMC, United Methodist Church on May 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
On this edition of the MethodistThinker Mini-Podcast, Bishop Lindsey Davis of the Kentucky Annual Conference says the United Methodist Church must repent of its missional lethargy and re-commit itself to the purposes of God in Jesus Christ if it hopes to have renewed life. In his remarks, recorded last fall at a meeting of the [...]
Dr. Timothy Tennent on Rob Bell’s domesticated gospel
Posted in Church Renewal, Doctrine, Evangelism, Preaching, United Methodist Church on March 25, 2011 | 13 Comments »
The following commentary is by Timothy C. Tennent, president of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., one of the top training institutions for United Methodist clergy (Asbury also has a Florida campus). Below, Dr. Tennent offers a critique of Rob Bell’s controversial book, Love Wins: Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever [...]
Prayers of biblical hope during Lent
Posted in Church Renewal, Prayer, Revival on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Beginning tomorrow and continuing through Palm Sunday on April 17, many Christians throughout the U.S. and around the world will be observing a 40-day season of prayer, roughly coinciding with the season of Lent. Here are the areas of prayer focus over the next several weeks, as described in the prayer guide, Seek God for [...]
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