A miniature of Methodism, or, A brief account of the history, doctrines, discipline and character of the Methodists /

Originally published as: A brief statement of facts designed for the information of those who enquire, What are these Methodists?

The history of American slavery and Methodism, from 1780-1849;

Mode of access: Internet.

ORIGEM E INSTITUCIONALIZAÇÃO DA IGREJA METODISTA WESLEYANA

Este texto é o resultado de uma pesquisa empreendida sobre a origem histórica e características da Igreja Metodista Wesleyana, uma dissidência pentecostalizante da Igreja Metodista do Brasil, iniciada no Rio de Janeiro, no final dos anos 1960. Objetivou-se com essa investigação analisar as causas intracampo e extracampo religioso, que estimularam tal acontecimento. Enfatizamos os conflitos pastorais, administrativos e teológicos que fizeram da 1ª Região Eclesiástica da Igreja Metodista do Brasil um campo de batalha, onde pastores, leigos e bispo se envolveram em lutas que geraram a referida cisão. Diferente do pentecostalismo, que encontrou uma maior identificação com a cultura brasileira, o protestantismo, inclusive metodista, não conseguiram ganhar as camadas pobres da população, ficando com a classe média. Daí o aparecimento de processos de pentecostalização em várias denominações brasileiras como entre os presbiterianos, batistas, congregacionais, luteranos, metodistas e outros. A Igreja Metodista Wesleyana já surgiu institucionalizada, seguindo os modelos da Igreja Metodista do Brasil, de onde o grupo saiu. A seguir ela foi assumindo uma identidade pentecostal se perpetuando no campo religioso por meio de criação de seus próprios mecanismos institucionais e burocráticos.

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 Grounds for Succession from the M.E. Church

The Grounds of Succession from the M.E. Church being an explanation of her connection with slavery and also her form of government

A portraiture of Methodism : being an impartial view of the use, progress, doctrines, discipline and manners of the Wesleyan Methodists.

Mode of access: Internet.

A brief miscellaneous narrative of the more early part of the life of L. Tilmon, pastor of a colored Methodist Congregational Church in the City of New York /

Copyright 1853 by Levin Tilmon.

Minutes of the annual conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Issued in 2 parts per year, spring conferences and fall conferences, 1878-1940.

A history of the Methodist Episcopal Church

I. From 1766 to 1792.--II. From 1793 to 1816.--III. From 1817 to 1823.--IV. From 1829 to 1840.

The Doctrines and discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Description based on: 1829.

The Methodist ministry defended, or, A reply to the arguments in favour of the divine institution, and the uninterrupted succession of episcopacy : as being essential to a true church and a scriptural ministry : as stated in a letter to the author, by the Rev. Charles J. Shreve, rector of Guysborough : in a series of letters, addressed to that reverend gentleman /

Mode of access: Internet.

The minutes of the ... session of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Description based on: 86th (1870).

Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Without music.

Proceedings of the second Ecumenical Methodist Conference held in the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, October 1891, Washington, D.C., /

Mode of access: Internet.