Within the current United Methodist Church there is a group that adheres to John Wesley’s original principles. That group is called the Wesleyan Covenant. Rather than duplicate or try to represent who they are, this author will simply provide links to their websites. Methodist have a proud history and that history is one that adheres to traditional values. Those are the values that the Wesleyan Covenant Organization supports. This author believes that John Wesley would be very disappointed in the current United Methodist Leadership.
I would like to make one point. The United Methodist Church has been one people — and we call ourselves Christians. Only recently has there been an effort to divide us into groups. That effort is led by “progressives”. The new direction is to divide us into the Progressives and the Traditionalist. What do you think Christ would say about that? Remember Mark 3:25, a house divided cannot stand. If Christians have a foundation outside of Christ alone, they can easily be divided by race, gender, occupation, or a litany of other items that truly do not matter. In the likely words of Solomon in Ecclesiastes 1, everything is meaningless, all worldly possessions, knowledge, power, identity, etc., without God, and the only way to God is Christ Jesus (John 14:6).
Read the opening statement on the front page and you will discover more about the progressive movement. This author will make this point here. Within our church who is it that chooses to ignore scripture? Progressives. Who is it that ignores the agreed to legal structure (Book of Discipline). Progressives. Who is happy about all of the work of Progressives? Not God.
Please pray that we return to the traditions of the Methodist movement, that upholds scriptural truth, reason, experience and tradition.
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