ABCs of Methodism

[Historicus]

I'll start! All terms, places, people, objects, etc. can be included. Feel free to define the word if you wish, but its not necessary. Other Wesleyans are also included in this, not just Methodists...so jump in. This is intended to be a fellowship game thread only. If you wish to discuss something please start another thread. Blessings will given at random for participation.

Aldersgate - conversion experience of John Wesley that took place May 24, 1738 at a Moravian Meetinghouse on Aldersgate Street, London. This is when during a reading of Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans he felt his heart "strangely warmed" and that he did "trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation..."(Journal, 1738).

 

[GraceSeeker]

Bristol -- as in Bristol, England, it was here that in 1739 a fellow member of the Holy Club turned Methodist preacher, George Whitefield, invited John Wesley to start open air preaching (at Hanham Mount). And also here that Wesley built the very first Methodist building, which he called 'our new room': a purpose-built space for preaching, teaching, as a medical dispensary and as lodging for his rapidly expanding band of travelling preachers. The New Room is the oldest Methodist chapel in the world. Above the chapel are the rooms in which Wesley and other preachers stayed.

 

[Historicus]

Charles Wesley - brother of John Wesley, and one of the co-founders of the Methodist movement in the Church of England. Charles was a priest, and wrote thousands of hymns, many still popular across Christianity today including "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "Christ the Lord is Risen Today", and "Love Divine All Loves Excelling."

 

[GraceSeeker]

District Superintendent -- The pastor with an administrative office who (in the United Methodist system assists the Bishop and) is the immediate supervisor of the local pastor in the church for a geographical region of churches. All the district superintendents in an annual conference together are known as the bishop's cabinet.

 

[circuitrider]

Charge Conference- The annual meeting of the governing body of the local church which may also be called for additional meetings by the District Superintendent. The Superintendent presides at the Church Conference unless she/he designates another Elder to preside.

See additionally - Charge Conference Forms, Budget, Report of the Committee on Nominations and Leadership Development, etc.

 

[GraceSeeker]

Elected not to go with the letter "E" did you, circuitrider?

 

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Election - the doctrine firmly held by the Calvinistic Methodists. Calvinistic Methodists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[GraceSeeker]

Free Will -- a doctrine firmly held by Wesleyan Methodists that people actually are created by God as independent creatures able to actually choose whether to respond to or reject God's grace in their lives.

 

[Historicus]

General Conference (UMC) - body which meets every four years. It is made up of over 1,000 delegates (1/2 clergy, 1/2 laity) and sets policy. Delegates are elected by Annual Conferences. The GC is the only official voice for the church. Actions taken by the General Conference result in revisions being made to the Book of Discipline, with statements being added or revised in the Book of Resolutions. The next General Conference of the United Methodist Church will take place in 2016.

 

[circuitrider]

Elected not to go with the letter "E" did you, circuitrider?

sorry I missed it!

 

[GraceSeeker]

Holiness -- The concept that Christians are called to be holy as God is holy is based on 1 Peter 1:16, and is taught as something that is not merely an aspiration in the life hereafter, but, through the grace of God (and only through the grace of God) and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, actually possible in the here-and-now. This teaching is one of the distinctive doctrines of Wesleyan theology.

 

[GraceSeeker]

Itineracy or Itinerancy (both spellings are used) -- The system in The United Methodist Church by which pastors are appointed to their charges by the bishops. The pastors are under obligation to serve where appointed. The present form of the itineracy grew from the practice of Methodist pastors traveling widely throughout the church on circuits. Assigned to service by a bishop, they were not to remain with one particular congregation for any length of time.

 

[GraceSeeker]

Jesus - Though one might have suspected "J" to have stood for John Wesley or Justification or Jurisdiction, those will all have to wait for future trips through the alphabet. Jesus is the important person and most important idea for us, bar none.

 

[Historicus]

Kingdomtide - a liturgical season first introduced in the 1930s that is no longer widely observed. It was once observed by several Protestant denominations, including the Methodist Church after Pentecost. You can read more here.

 

[Maid Marie]

Love - Wesleyans emphasize God's holy love. Because his essence is LOVE, we can be empowered by the Holy Spirit to love him in return and love others, even those that the world considers unlovable. A Nazarene theologian by the name of Mildred Bangs Wynkoop wrote a book on this called A Theology of Love.

 

[GraceSeeker]

hmmmm....now I wonder what "M" and "N" might be on a subform for Methodists and Nazarenes?

 

[Maid Marie]

hmmmm....now I wonder what "M" and "N" might be on a subform for Methodists and Nazarenes?

Funny

 

[Maid Marie]

Open Communion - I love this.