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 change his mind on the basis of something that happens at… Continue reading
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Pastoral Responses to Marital Failure
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 bent, observing what they perceive to be Jesus’… Continue reading
Sexual Issues: A Pastoral Resource
We live in a day when Christians are being confronted on a variety of fronts. Perhaps the issue most frequently challenged is our view of sexual purity. Based on the statement in Genesis which Jesus affirms in Matthew, we teach that “in the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this… Continue reading
Free Methodism’s Living Witness: Sesquicentennial Reflections
Bishop L. R. Marston got it right when he named his 1960 centennial history “From Age to Age a Living Witness.” Free Methodism’s witness is still a living one, despite the amazing changes of the past one hundred fifty years. Our new age is the twenty-first century. Today there are nineteen Free Methodist bishops throughout… Continue reading
GOD’S LOVE EXPRESSED AND EXPERIENCED
By Dr. Denny Wayman An application of Experience and Reason in Caring for Persons with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Orientations and their families Free Methodist Study Commission on Doctrine The church’s care for persons who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender1 is important to God. This paper attempts to provide Free Methodist pastors with guidance to… Continue reading
2011 Study Commission on Doctrine
The Study Commission on Doctrine (SCOD) for the 2007 through 2011 quadrennium is comprised of the following members: David Kendall, Chair; Linda Adams; David Bauer; Bruce Cromwell; Frank Kline, Secretary; Paul Livermore; Matthew Thomas; David Roller; and Denny Wayman. The SCOD holds face-to-face meetings once each year as needed, and met on the following dates:… Continue reading