Mike S wrote ... Mike, I'm not at home and don't have my Book of Discipline handy to quote the exact paragraph number, but I do know for a fact that what you...
Peter Anderson wrote: <Each voter is to vote their own conscience.> While I am unable to find the appropriate reference in my BOD I would appreciate a notation...
I really miss my Annual Conference days. I loved it and learned so much and were blessed many times by the services and discussions. I was always told that I...
Peter Anderson wrote: <The lay and clergy who attend an annual conference on behalf of your church "represent" your church but no board or body of the church...
Steve O <vze269y9@v...> wrote: <How can they know how to vote if they do not hear all the facts and views.> Steve, First, thanks for your well wishes and...
I may have miss represented myself in my last post. We would discuss things as a church before AC, but when you get more people together, sometimes things come...
Steve, I don't think that you misrepresented yourself at all, though I do appreciate the further explanation. I also appreciate your willingness to add to...
I must admit, the first year I went I was scared to death and watched what other pastors that I knew well for example. That was the first year we did the...
Steve, I have a very dear friend whom I went to high school with who has a speech impediment. When he was a student at SMU and I was newly married to Mike W's...
Some good thoughts Mike. It has been 14 years since I was a lay delegate (after my divorce the DS decided I could not be a delegate anymore) and I had pulled...
Hello Everyone, Does the United Methodist church accept the adherents to the non- Christian religions (such as Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) as equal in status...
" And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,...
David, The quick answer is that the United Methodist Church does not have a specific stance on the issue. Individual methodists vary on their opinion of the...
Hello Everyone, Thanks for the answers regarding United Methodism's relationship with the non-Christian religions of the world. I appreciate these answers ...
... For those who are worried about the UMC going to hell in a handbasket, I'll just point out again that I'm a British Methodist and not a UMC and therefore I...
Mike, that was incredibly well said. I understood it completely and I know I wouldn't have been able to express my idea as well as you, even though I...
David, United Methdodists consider Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants as Christians and accept their baptisms as valid, allowing them to become full members....
UMC Youth Ministry, Music Ministry, & other job listings can be found here: http://www.umc.org/churchleadership/jobs/ Another good source for Youth Ministry...
.... A POINT OF REFERENCE "I AM THE way the truth and the life NO ONE comes to the father except through me". PAM..It's not so much that UMC's or any other...
Hello Everyone, As United Methodists, do you take it for granted that all of the doctrinal teachings of United Methodism are correct? Do you take it for...
... No Maybe Yes That last question really labels him as a newbie here, doesn't it! 8^) Mike W Group Moderator Who expresses his own personal opinion...
My response to both... The doctrinal teachings (there are many teachings which are not doctrinal) of the UMC are those of the Apostolic Church... so... having...
I hope that it is clearly understood that the Church affirms, confesses, and teaches doctrine (what we believe about God), and the Church uses that doctrine to...
Hello Everyone, The world is far more complicated than anyone could ever imagine. As you may know, human flesh is composed of molecules and these molecules are...
David Matthews wrote: <If all of this activity is occurring without your knowledge within the very components of your own body, how can you presume to know ...
Hello Mike, I appreciate your comments. This subject is of great importance to me and therefore I will respond to your comments. I am not seeking to...
"dmathew1" <dmathew1@t...> wrote: <I don't, as a Christian, merely assume that such consistency actually exist even in my most treasured and fundamental ...
... May I offer another answer to your questions above. You cry the psalmist's cry: What is man that Thou O God art mindful of him? God bless this quest! Some...
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We just opened up a new addition to our building and as part of that addition we have added a church book store. Now to stock it. . . . There is no Cokesbury...
Books on prayer and spirituality, devotionals such as Oswald Chambers "My Utmost for His Highest" Along with the hymnal you might want to stock also the...
