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IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING
What if "church" were a verb instead of a noun?
What if church was not a location to come to and stay within, but a base of operation for expressing your faith by moving out into communities and around the globe to become part of God's plan for world transformation?
If you found such a "place," would you come?
You are invited to explore the Advent UMC website to see for yourself how the people of Advent are rethinking and renewing what the church is and should be in the 21st century.
We are an active and engaged faith community. We hope you will find a doorway at Advent that you will be comfortable walking through in order to connect with God, with the world around you, and with a community of people that will love and care for you and help you along the journey of your life.
For more information about rethinking church, go to 10thousanddoors.org..
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To cooperate with the Holy Spirit,
by inviting all people into relationship with Jesus Christ
through engaging worship, service and spiritual growth.
What if "church" was thought of not as a building, but as thousands of doors, each of them opening to a different concept or experience of church, so that whoever knocks might find a journey to call their own?
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The History of the Methodist Church
The roots of Methodism trace back to the lives and ministries of John Wesley
(1703-1791) and his brother, Charles (1707-1788). These two young men
received the best education available in England during their youth, with John
attending Charterhouse, Charles attending Westminster, and both to Christ
Church, Oxford.
During his time at Oxford, Charles founded the "Holy Club" which was a
group of young men who were strict and methodical in their regular
devotional reading, their pattern of prayer and self-examination, their constant
devotion to the Eucharist, and their careful attention to charitable giving.
John and Charles left Oxford and traveled to the infant colony of Georgia
as Church of England missionaries arriving there in March 1736. It was the
only occasion the young men would visit America.
Their mission to America was far from an unqualified success, and both eventually returned to England disillusioned and discouraged, Charles in December 1736, John in February 1738.
Each of the Wesley brothers had transforming religious experiences in May 1738, and in the years following, they succeeded in leading a lively renewal movement in the Church of England. Eventually, the renewal movement grew and began to spread to the American colonies as some "Methodists" made the exhausting and hazardous Atlantic voyage to the New World.
Organized Methodism in America began as a lay movement, assisted by Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmore, sent to America by John Wesley in 1769. Two years later, Richard Wright and Francis Asbury were also dispatched to undergird the burgeoning American Methodist societies. Francis Asbury became the most important figure in early American Methodism, as his energetic devotion to the principles of Wesleyan theology, ministry, and organization shaped Methodism in America in a way unmatched by any other individual.
For more information about the development of the Methodist Movement in America visit www.umc.org and go to "Our Church: History".
The United Methodist Church
On April 23, 1968, the United Methodist Church was created when Bishop Rueben H. Mueller, representing The Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, of The Methodist Church joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas. With the words, "Lord of the church, we are united in Thee, in Thy Church and now in The United Methodist Church."
At it's inception, The United Methodist Church had approximately 11 million members, making it one of the largest Protestant churches in the world.
The United Methodist Church has endeavored to beomce a community in which all persons can participate in every level of its connectional life and ministry. The people of The United Methodist Church seek grace upon grace as they love God and minister to the world.
For more information about Connectionalism and The United Methodist Church visit www.umc.org and go to "Our Church".
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Methodism Founder: John Wesley
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