By David R. Bauer Like all Christian bodies, the Free Methodist Church is presently confronted with the necessity of responding to strong cultural pressures to accept homosexual relationships, especially those described as “monogamous, covenantal partnerships.” The...
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE POSITION OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH ON SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS By David R. Bauer Like all Christian bodies, the Free Methodist Church is presently confronted with the necessity of responding to strong cultural pressures to accept homosexual...
SCOD 2013 Bishop David Roller and Bruce Cromwell At the heart of the arguments surrounding immigration matters is a fundamental tension between our desire to care for all persons and our respect for the rights of the state to establish laws, including economic policy....
David W. Kendall 2012 In the gospel records the opponents of Jesus attempt to drag him into the controversy over grounds of divorce. They put the question to Jesus, is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason? (Matthew 19:3). Clearly these...
by A. H. Mathias Zahniser, Scholar-in-Residence, Greenville College “We Muslims have to believe in Jesus; so why don't you Christians accept Muhammad?” Ahmad, my guide at the Islamic Society of North America in Plainfield, Indiana, USA, asked me this question with...
By Bishop David Kendall The Challenges of Same-Sex Marriage Biblical, Theological, Historical Framework We will respond to the proponents of same sex marriage and our friends who experience same sex attraction out of the larger historical and theological framework of...
By Bishop Matthew Thomas THE FREE METHODIST POSTION ON SEXUALITY Anyone living in 21st century North America should be familiar with changing societal mores regarding human sexuality. Most pastors have frequent opportunities for ministry and face questions pertaining...
By Dr. Bruce N. G. Cromwell What Does the Tradition Component of the Quadrilateral Have to Say Regarding the LGBT Debate? Free Methodist Study Commission on Doctrine, 2014 Even a cursory examination of Church history finds numerous statements from mothers and fathers...
The recent tendency to use the word “missional” to divide the church’s inward and outward responsibilities is true neither to the Church’s nature nor its God-given mission. Mission is the very essence of the Church’s existence. Mission is not something the Church...
A fact sheet and call to action for local churches Slavery and human trafficking in all their forms are unjust, destroy human dignity and devalue human life. We denounce and resist all forms of slavery and human trafficking: indentured servitude, trade slavery,...
Free Methodists believe that we must take seriously the fact that Scripture presents God as both knowing the future and sometimes changing his mind. Some readers of the Bible take these two descriptions to be contradictory. After all, they would say, how can God...
In the gospel records the opponents of Jesus attempt to drag him into the controversy over grounds of divorce. They put the question to Jesus, is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason? (Matthew 19:3). Clearly these Pharisees, conservative by...