Report Commission For The Study Of Ministry 1992 General Conference The United Methodist Church
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Author | : Kenneth E. Rowe |
Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
Total Pages | : 804 |
Release | : 2010-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 142671937X |
Beginning in 1760, this comprehensive history charts the growth and development of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren church family up and through the year 2000. Extraordinarily well-documented study with elaborate notes that will guide the reader to recent and standard literature on the numerous topics, figures, developments, and events covered. The volume is a companion to and designed to be used with THE METHODIST EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA: A SOURCEBOOK, for which it provides background, context and interpretation. Contents include: Launching the Methodist Movements 1760-1768 Structuring the Immigrant Initiatives 1769-1778 Making Church 1777-1784 Constituting Methodism 1784-1792 Spreaking Scriptural Holiness 1792-1816 Snapshot I- Methodism in 1816: Baltimore 1816 Building for Ministry and Nuture 1816-1850s Dividing by Mission, Ethnicity, Gender, and Vision 1816-1850s Dividing over Slavery, Region, Authority, and Race 1830-1860s Embracing the War Cause(s) 1860-1865 Reconstructing Methodism(s) 1866-1884 Snapshot II- Methodism in 1884: Wilker-Barre, PA 1884 Reshaping the Church for Mission 1884-1939 Taking on the World 1884-1939 Warring for World Order and Against Worldliness Within 1930-1968 Snapshot III- Methodism in 1968: Denver 1968 Merging and Reappraising 1968-1984 Holding Fast/Pressing On 1984-2000 A wide-angled narrative that attends to religious life at the local level, to missions and missionary societies , to justice struggles, to camp and quarterly meetings, to the Sunday school and catechisms, to architecture and worship, to higher education, to hospitals and homes, to temperance, to deaconesses and to Methodist experiences in war and in peace-making A volume that attends critically to Methodism’s dilemmas over and initiatives with regard to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and relation to culture A documentation and display of the rich diversity of the Methodist experience A retelling of the contests over and evolution of Methodist/EUB organization, authority, ministerial orders and ethical/doctrinal emphases
Author | : Jean Miller Schmidt |
Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
Total Pages | : 607 |
Release | : 2012-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1426765177 |
In this engaging and artful overview, Russell Richey, Kenneth Rowe, and Jean Miller Schmidt, some of Methodism’s most respected teachers, give readers a vivid picture of soulful terrain of the Methodist experience in America. The authors highlight key themes and events that continue to shape the Church. Knowing their history, Methodists are better positioned, prepared, and inspired for faithful witness and holy living.
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Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Church and social problems |
ISBN | : 9780687037384 |
Author | : Thomas E. Frank |
Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2006-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1426763573 |
"Commissioned by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for use in United Methodist doctrine/polity/history courses." This in-depth analysis of the connection between United Methodist polity and theology addresses ways in which historical developments have shaped--and continue to shape--the organization of the church.This revised edition incorporates the actions of The United Methodist General Conference, 2004. The book discusses continuing reforms of the church's plan for baptism and church membership, as well as the emergence of deacon's orders and other changes to ordained ministry procedures. The text is now cross-referenced to the Book of Discipline, 2004, including the revised order of disciplinary chapters and paragraph numbering. Denominational statistics are updated, along with references to recent works on The United Methodist Church and American religious life.
Author | : R. W. Holmen |
Publisher | : The Pilgrim Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2014-01-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0829820019 |
Attorney, historian, and novelist R. W. Holmen brings a unique voice to the conversation of gay clergy in the pulpits. "Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism" provides a detailed history of the ways in which the following denominations have dealt with the issue of ordaining gay clergy: United Church of Christ; Episcopal Church; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; United Methodist Church; and Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) It provides an important historical reference for continuing dialogue.
Author | : Zimbabwe. Commission of Inquiry into the Establishment of a Second University or Campus |
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Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Distance education |
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Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : Donald E. Messer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1991-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780687371556 |
Author | : United Methodist Church (U.S.). Detroit Conference |
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Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Methodist Church |
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Author | : United Methodist Church (U.S.). Southern Illinois Conference |
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Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Methodist Church |
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