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We believe God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. The offering Christ freely made on the cross is the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, redeeming man from all sin, so that no other satisfaction is required. Article IX - Justification and Regeneration
Methodist theology teaches: We believe that sin is the willful transgression of the known law of God, and that such sin condemns a soul to eternal punishment unless pardoned by God through repentance, confession, restitution, and believing in Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral, [1] or Methodist Quadrilateral, [2] is a methodology for theological reflection that is credited to John Wesley, leader of the Methodist movement in the late 18th century. The term itself was coined by 20th century American Methodist scholar Albert C. Outler .
“Our stance is, this is what God says and this is what we believe,” Caughman said. “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” “It’s not that I’m not able to see your point of view,” Stair said.
He therefore concludes that those born of God do not commit sin, having been saved from "all their sins" (II.2, 7). [86] This is reflected in the Articles of Religion of the Free Methodist Church (emphasis added in italics), which uses the wording of John Wesley: [87]
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [8] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism.In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelicalism.
We dedicate ourselves to peace throughout the world, to the rule of justice and law among nations, and to individual freedom for all people of the world. We believe in the present and final triumph of God’s Word in human affairs and gladly accept our commission to manifest the life of the gospel in the world. Amen.
The Global Methodist Church, a breakaway denomination, gathered for its inaugural legislative assembly in September. That event reflected how a traditionalist insurgency within the UMC has since ...