by Supt. Joanna DeWolf | Sep 16, 2024 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
I have a love-hate relationship with cooking. It’s so much easier to make an order and wait for someone else to cook it up and serve me, because cooking takes time, work, and practice. Raising up Spirit-fueled leaders is the same way. It is so much easier to tell...
by Rev. Dr. Jill Richardson and Rev. Dr. Denise Abston | Aug 21, 2024 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
Editor’s note: Free Methodist delegates at the 1974 General Conference unanimously approved a resolution “giving women equal status with men in the ministry of the church.” Bishop Elmer Parsons subsequently ordained Pennsylvania Pastor Jean Parry as the denomination’s...
by Jeff Finley | Jan 25, 2024 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
Advocates for Women in Leadership (AWL) recently invited four male Free Methodist elders to share their perspectives during an online discussion. New Beginnings Community Church Senior Pastor Jeffery Harrold, Free Methodist Church in Southern California Superintendent...
by Jeff Finley | Sep 25, 2023 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
If you suspect a member of your church is being abused by a family member, how do you respond? What if someone comes to you for counseling and asks whether it’s OK to leave a violent spouse? What if you’re counseling someone who has escaped domestic violence but is...
by Bishop Emeritus David W. Kendall | Sep 20, 2022 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
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 Rev. Dr. Benjamin Sigman | Oct 21, 2021 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
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 Board of Bishops | Mar 17, 2021 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter, The Free Methodist Way
Love-Driven Justice References from Scripture, the Book of Discipline, and L+L Articles The recipients of the grace and mercy found in Jesus’ mission. The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to...
by Board of Bishops | Mar 17, 2021 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter, The Free Methodist Way
Christ-Compelled Multiplication References from Scripture, the Book of Discipline, and L+L Articles Bringing life from life is found in the First Commission and the Great Commission. God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill...
by Board of Bishops | Mar 17, 2021 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter, The Free Methodist Way
Cross-Cultural Collaboration References from Scripture, the Book of Discipline, and L+L Articles Scripture Passages Jesus Crosses Cultures. In John 4:4-42. The Samaritan woman at the well is a well-known passage, but indeed highlights Jesus, crossing cultural...
by Board of Bishops | Mar 17, 2021 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter, The Free Methodist Way
God-Given Revelation References from Scripture, the Book of Discipline, and L+L Articles The Scriptures – Authority: ¶108 of the 2019 Book of Discipline The Bible is God’s written Word, uniquely inspired by the Holy Spirit. It bears unerring witness to Jesus...
