by Bishop Emeritus David W. Kendall | Sep 20, 2022 | General
Questions Raised by the Story How A Narrative Catechism Could Help Us By Bishop Emeritus David W. Kendall The church today is filled with people who do not know the Scriptures. Even though they claim to believe the Bible is God’s Word, pastors and...
by Board of Bishops | Mar 4, 2022 | General
Dear Free Methodist Family, Entering the season of Lent this year, the suffering of our world weighs heavily on all of us. In addition to the escalating war involving Russia and Ukraine, there are many countries where our Free Methodist members are experiencing...
by Rev. Dr. Benjamin Sigman | Oct 21, 2021 | General
This has been one of the most confusing seasons in our lived history. Take a pandemic; mix in a bunch of weird political stuff; add a few racial inciting events; and call it 2020-21. To refer to the last 18 months as a challenge, would be a huge understatement....
by Katherine Callahan-Howell | Sep 21, 2021 | General
“Jesus made himself an immigrant to break the system.” Host Pastor José Reyes of Iglesia Nueva Vida in Cleveland, Ohio, began the 2021 inaugural Justice Network Summit challenging the church to take seriously how to fix the broken immigration system. He commented that...
by Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D. | Mar 5, 2021 | General, Women in Ministry
This presentation was created to address a need in Free Methodist churches for education about the ordination and placement of women pastors in order that people in and out of the church might experience the salvation of God as preached and enacted by women pastors....
by Board of Bishops | Mar 5, 2021 | Board of Bishops Pastoral Letters, General
A Pastoral Letter from the Board of Bishops – FMCUSA regarding the Equality Act. The Board of Bishops continues to call the church to the values of the Free Methodist Way, including God-Given Revelation. We are committed to the Word of God and, like our...
by Bishop David Kendall | Mar 4, 2021 | General, Women in Ministry
Is it biblical for women to be in leadership in the church? My answer, the FMC answer, is a resounding “Yes!” In this session I want to note the biblical warrants for this “Yes!” First let me offer several orienting comments for understanding/applying the Bible,...
by 1995 General Conference of the Free Methodist Church of North America | Mar 4, 2021 | General, Women in Ministry
The General Conference of 1974 passed a resolution “giving women equal status with men in the ministry of the church” (General Conference Minutes, p. 388). According to the General Conference report in the Light & Life magazine, the vote was...
by Bishop David Kendall | Mar 4, 2021 | General, Women in Ministry
Introduction Almost everyone believes and allows women to be in ministry. Even those who will disagree with my views on the matter do, in fact, recognize not only the privilege but duty of women to be in ministry (where would the church be if throughout history...
by Superintendent Amelia Cleveland-Traylor | Feb 16, 2021 | General
“If I am not a servant of others, by process of elimination I am then a servant to myself. And that serves no one.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, He did and said many things that were largely misunderstood and confusing. In fact, the...
