Inspiration

Inspiration for Unity, from Wesley, Asbury & McKendree

In the course of researching the development of Methodist church government, I’ve come across a wealth of material, much of it written by Wesley himself, that seems germane to our struggle to remain united. I’ll post excerpts of these from time to time, hoping to reflect my growing understanding that our Wesleyan heritage already contains …

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Stories of Unity

The Power of Connectionalism

Assuming that you’ve read “About this Blog,” and mindful that narrative is important to Methodists,[1] allow me to say a bit about how I came to care about preserving unity in The United Methodist Church.  It is not simply that the decades-long debate over human sexuality has exhausted me, and it is not simply that …

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