FRANKLIN, Tenn. (UMNS) — Great periods of Christian revival in the U.S. need not be consigned to the church’s circuit-rider past. Even without the saddle sores and… read more

“Looking for a book in our College Library,” Wesley wrote in his Journal on Monday, July 6, 1741, “I took down, by mistake, the works of Episcopius, which… read more

The Wesleys formed the Holy Club at Oxford as a protest against spiritual mediocrity. The protest did not contest doctrines or theology of the Anglican Church. Rather, it was… read more

The UMC faces an uncertain future. Membership is declining in the USA and Western Europe. It is growing in Africa and to a lesser extent in Eastern Europe. The declines in the… read more

“[Schism] is evil in itself. To separate ourselves from a body of living Christians, with whom we were before united, is a grievous breach of the law of love. . . . It is… read more

Nearly ten years ago at a dinner in New York City, I was stunned when someone at my table declared clearly that there is really no point in dialogue or relationship with those… read more