Practices of Ministerial Leadership of Korean-American United Methodist Clergywomen; Toward a Wesleyan Ecclesiology in a Global Context

This study documents, analyzes, and interprets Korean American United Methodist (KAUM) clergywomen‘s experiences in and understandings of the church. It examines contributions these (and potentially, other) clergywomen might make to Wesleyan ecclesiology generally, and particular ways United Methodists live out their faith in transitional, diverse, and global contexts. The project attempts to re-vision existing Wesleyan ecclesial discourse in the United Methodist Church (UMC) by recognizing and incorporating the contributions of racial-ethnic clergy as expressed through their leadership and practices of faith. A "practice-theory-practice" model of practical theology was used to pay systematic attention to the practical locus of the inquiries. Twenty Korean American United Methodist clergywomen were interviewed by telephone, using a voluntary sampling technique to ascertain how they both experienced the church and understood and lived out various practices of faith, including preaching, participation in and administration of the sacraments, preparation for ordained ministry, and other spiritual practices such as prayer, worship, retreats, and journaling. The dissertation summarizes those findings, provides contextual and historical interpretation, and then analyzes their responses in relation to Wesleyan theology, MinJung (mass of people) theology, and the theology of YeoSung (women who display dignity and honor as human beings). This study identifies the extraordinary call of the KAUM clergywomen interviewees to be bridge builders, strong nurturers, wounded healers, committed educators, breakers of old stereotypes, persistent seekers to fulfill God‘s call, and ecclesial leaders with ―tragic consciousness‖ who can disrupt marginality and facilitate the creative transformation of Han (a deep experience of suffering and oppression) into a constructive energy capable of shaping a new reality. According to this study, KAUM clergywomen‘s experiences and practices of faith as ecclesial leaders strengthen Wesleyan ecclesiology in terms of the UMC‘s efforts to be an inclusive church through connectionalism, and its commitment to social justice. MinJung theology and the theology of YeoSung, in their respective understandings of the church, broaden Wesleyan ecclesiology and enable the Church to be more relevant in a global context by embracing those who have not been normative theological subjects.

The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter - Accession 214 - M95 (121)

The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter is a newspaper of the Methodist Church that was published every two weeks in Baltimore, MD. The bound issues in the collection extend from November 10, 1830 to October 12, 1831.

Methodism and the Republic : uncorrected proof sheets sent out in advance to pastors intending to take the collection for Home Missios and Church extension on Sunday, November 24.

Statements herin contained ar not supposed to need revision.

Brother Mason, the circuit rider; or, Ten years a Methodist preacher.

Mode of access: Internet.

Early Methodist philanthropy,

Thesis (PH.D.)--Columbia university, 1914.

Proceedings of the Board of Managers of the Western Methodist Historical Society in the Mississippi Valley : containing an account of the origin of the Society, its organization, constitution, address, circular, &c.

Mode of access: Internet.

An expostulatory address to the members of the Methodist Society in Ireland : together with a series of letters to Alexander Knox, Esq. M.R.I.A. : occasioned by his remarks on the author's expostulatory address to the Methodists of Ireland /

Mode of access: Internet.

The centenary of Wesleyan Methodism. A brief sketch of the rise, progress and present state of the Wesleyan-Methodist societies throughout the world.

Mode of access: Internet.

The church and its sacraments,

At head of title: A special course for young people's and adult classes in the Sunday school.

Cousin Eula : or, A Catholic converted; a humble setting forth of Salvation through the merits of Christ alone, in contradistinction from the false dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church /

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodist pamphlets for the people /

Mode of access: Internet.

Difusão espacial da religião : Igreja Metodista em São Francisco, Niterói-RJ, a prática religiosa em células (2014)

As viagens missionárias dos primeiros cristãos servem de modelos exemplares para os religiosos realizarem as Missões. Os tipos de difusão espacial da religião foram reconhecidos na prática territorial da Missão Metodista que veio dos Estados Unidos para o Brasil. A Geografia Histórica ajuda na análise dos fatores políticos e econômicos que favoreceram a ocupação do espaço pelos missionários protestantes no século XIX. Constatou-se que barreiras direcionaram os fluxos da inovação religiosa para outros locais. Os estudos de Geografia da Religião de Sack (1986) e Rosendahl (2012) serviram de referencial teórico para reconhecer a organização do território religioso da Igreja Metodista no Brasil e mostra a dimensão política da religião. As estratégias pelas quais o território religioso é reconhecido e preservado constituem as territorialidades no metodismo brasileiro. A Igreja Metodista no Estado do Rio Janeiro tem como meta o crescimento quantitativo e a expansão da sua área territorial. Visando dar continuidade ao processo de difusão espacial na atualidade, a gestão religiosa incentiva à organização da Igreja em Célula. Esta pesquisa de Geografia da Religião interpreta a experiência de fé para saber como os cristãos metodistas reconhecem a manifestação do sagrado no espaço.

The martyrs of Golbanti : or missionary heroism illustrated in the lives of Rev. John and Mrs. Houghton, of East Africa / by Robert Brewin.

http://www.archive.org/details/martyrsofgolbant00brewiala

Up and down the north Pacific coast by canoe and mission ship / by Rev. Thomas Crosby, missionary to the Indians of British Columbia.

http://www.archive.org/details/upanddownnorth00crosrich

Address to the pious and benevolent, proposing an annual subscription for the support of missionaries in the Highlands and adjacent islands of Scotland, the isles of Jersey, Guernsey, and Newfoundland, the West Indies, and the provinces of Nova Scotia and Quebec.

Reproduction of copy held by Special Collections, Bridewell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. Includes both DjVu and PDF files for download. Mode of access: World Wide Web.