UMC 101: The Local Church & Membership
Text: 2 Corinthians 3:12-13, 3:18-4:1, 5-6; Book of Discipline 201-204, 214-221 Over the last seven weeks, we have explored together some of the foundational beliefs…
membership
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For the Iowa Annual Conference this year, our conference artist created a gallery in our meeting space. It housed a collection of works from various…
Hebrews Part 6: Discipline
My nephew has recently picked up a bad habit. Lying. Whether it’s just a phase he is going through or if developmentally he has just…
church growth
#6) I have never been a fan of the church growth movement. While I went to a large church in high school – and served…
some thoughts on amendment one
The first amendment that comes before our Annual Conferences from General Conference this year is to change the wording of paragraph 4 in our constitution….
whew.
all of the distraction and wrestling and frustration yesterday with my sermon… and in the two weeks worth of conversations on membership and discipleship really…
Becoming Disciples through: Accountability and Practice
1. Our life of faith is a journey Later on in today’s service, the life of faith will begin for this little girl as her…
making members, making disciples
At my church, we have a pretty significant number of people who are “constituents” of our church and not official members. For various reasons, these…