by BethelAdmin | Mar 22, 2020 | Christian Education, Methodist Moment, Ministry
Now is a good time to revive the Love Feast tradition. “The Love Feast, or Agape Meal, is a Christian fellowship meal recalling the meals Jesus shared with disciples during his ministry and expressing the koinonia (community, sharing, fellowship) enjoyed by the...
by BethelAdmin | Mar 8, 2020 | Christian Education, Methodist Moment, Ministry
March 8, 2020 Born on December 18,1707, Charles Wesley became famous for the hymns he wrote (think “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”) and the movement he helped found with his older brother which grew to become The United Methodist Church. Historians at the...
by BethelAdmin | Mar 1, 2020 | Christian Education, Methodist Moment, Ministry
March 1, 2020 When properly interpreted, the General Rules of the United Societies provide helpful guidance for the Christian life. According to these rules, one should: • Do no harm.• Do good.• Attend upon all the ordinances of God. The first two of these are fairly...
by BethelAdmin | Feb 22, 2020 | Methodist Moment
February 23, 2020 One of the textbooks I’m reading for my upcoming class is Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials by Ted Campbell, and I thought Doctrine might be a good place to start. In addition to his role as professor of church history at Southern Methodist...
by BethelAdmin | Feb 22, 2020 | Christian Education, Methodist Moment, Ministry, News, Pastor's Heart
At a recent event here in Holston Conference, one of the activities involved talking about what is needed in order to move the church to a place of Reconciliation and Grace. The group I was sitting with strongly feel that there is a significant need to educate,...
by BethelAdmin | Dec 13, 2019 | Ministry, News, Pastor's Heart
Do you have doubts? Doubts about your faith? Doubts about the faith of others? Doubts about the bible, religion, church, Jesus, God? Doubts about life in general? Don’t worry. We all have doubts of some kind. What most of us lack is a place where we can discuss...