The Causes, Evils, and Cures of Heart and Church Divisions Study Edition

The Causes, Evils, and Cures of Heart and Church Divisions Study Edition
Author: Abingdon
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1501820818

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Francis Asbury (1745-1816) was born in England and brought Methodism to North America during forty-five years of ministry. Methodists grew in number from six hundred when Asbury started to over two hundred thousand people in the movement by the time of his death. As he worked with total dedication to reform the nation and spread scriptural, personal, and social holiness throughout the land, he preached, petitioned to abolish slavery, and promoted Sunday schools to teach children reading and mathematics. As a key founder of the American Methodist movement, Asbury observed that it took only a few years for division to emerge among the most passionate and zealous followers of the Wesleyan way. So he repurposed and abridged two earlier works to create The Causes, Evils and Cures of Heart and Church Divisions. This book was recommended for study to early Methodists as a spiritual cure for the human tendency to love self and ideas more than we love others: our colleagues, our neighbors, and our enemies. The study questions found throughout this book are suitable for cultivating spiritual formation within individuals and among a community. As you read about these causes and evils that divide our hearts from each other, nearly every individual will recognize the need for personal improvement in thoughts, words, and deeds.

National Union Catalog

National Union Catalog
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Total Pages: 664
Release: 1973
Genre: Union catalogs
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Episcopacy in the Methodist Tradition

Episcopacy in the Methodist Tradition
Author: Russell E. Richey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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This book explores Methodist episcopacy in the U.S. and reviews notions of and expectations about episcopal leadership held by United Methodists today. After a careful historical study, Richey and Frank give helpful perspectives on a current proposal to the 2004 General Conference by the Council of Bishops to elect a bishop who will serve a four-year term as the Council's president. More generally and for the longer term, this book examines the need for organizational change and theological reflection on the office of bishop, while reviewing the implications of such reorganization of the Council of Bishops including the election process. By examining what Methodists have meant by the words "itinerant general superintendent," the authors discuss the polity of the Church and explore the constraints, concern, and possibilities for episcopal leadership.

The Methodist Review

The Methodist Review
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Total Pages: 1940
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