- The Uniqueness of MethodismDavid F. Watson It was a joy to speak at the Global Methodist Church’s recent 2:42 Conference. God is raising up men and women with a passion to share the good news of Jesus Christ, who are unashamed of the… Read more: The Uniqueness of Methodism
- Presbyterian Church (USA) Shutters Foreign Missions
The Birmingham News has coverage this week of the Presbyterian Church (USA) firing missionaries around the world and ending its foreign mission agency. The 1.09 million member mainline Protestant denomination counted more than 3 million members at the merger of… Read more: Presbyterian Church (USA) Shutters Foreign Missions - Former SC Methodist churches file Supreme Court case to keep their property and new names
GREENVILLE — As Easter approaches, many South Carolina Methodist congregations are worshiping under new names in the same sanctuaries they’ve called home for generations — and now with the looming question of whether they’ll be able to keep them. In… Read more: Former SC Methodist churches file Supreme Court case to keep their property and new names - For United Methodists, politics isn’t partisan; it’s gospel
“Politics” often gets a bad rap in American churches, not least because it’s confused with “partisanship.” For United Methodists, politics isn’t partisan; it’s gospel. No less a Methodist authority than founder John Wesley laid out the framework for today’s UMC… Read more: For United Methodists, politics isn’t partisan; it’s gospel - UMC Breakaway Church Launched
- A Dynamic Faith: The Story of Early Methodism, Part I
The story of Methodism is larger than often imagined. For many years the story was told as though it began and sometimes even ended with John Wesley. He repeatedly told the story this way himself. But Methodism was always bigger than… Read more: A Dynamic Faith: The Story of Early Methodism, Part I - Did Jesus Descend to Hell?
When I converted to Christianity and began attending church, I attended a small United Methodist congregation in rural south Georgia. We followed the standard order of worship in the United Methodist Hymnal pretty closely. Our Response to the Word was,… Read more: Did Jesus Descend to Hell? - Chiefs condemn homosexuality in church
TRADITIONAL leaders have condemned church doctrines that promote homosexuality, citing conflict with local cultural values.This was said at the launch and Easter… - Why our church is in troubleUnited Methodist leaders in the U.S. promote ideological positions that are often partisan and detract from the denomination’s mission, one longtime church member writes. https://www.umnews.org/en/news/why-our-church-is-in-trouble
- “Going Up to Jerusalem”John Grimm the Methodist … I have noticed that God’s steadfast love endures forever. Have you noticed that God’s steadfast love endures forever? Knowing what we are remembering this Holy Week; it is good for us to see that God’s… Read more: “Going Up to Jerusalem”
- Announcing Asbury Church’s Fellowship Program: Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders
Kevin M. Watson …. I have been waiting to share this with you. I am so pumped! With the blessing of the leadership at Asbury Church, I am starting a Fellowship Program. We will hire two Fellows, which will be full-time paid positions,… Read more: Announcing Asbury Church’s Fellowship Program: Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders - Knowledge of GodDavid F. Watson … “How do you know?” This is an epistemological question. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that explores how we know things. Questions about how we know what we know might seem simple at first, but when we really… Read more: Knowledge of God
- The Offense: Charles Wesley’s Sermon “Awake, Thou That Sleepest”Jeffrey Rickman … The notion of zombies didn’t necessarily exist in the mainstream of John Wesley’s world. He famously believed that his old house had been haunted by a ghost with my first name. I’m sure there were many other… Read more: The Offense: Charles Wesley’s Sermon “Awake, Thou That Sleepest”
- Fried Chicken and the Blasphemous GraffitoDavid F. Watson In the late-second century, someone got the smart idea to make fun of a Christian named Alexamenos. He or she scribbled a cartoon onto the plaster wall of a building on Rome’s Palatine Hill. The cartoon depicted… Read more: Fried Chicken and the Blasphemous Graffito
- New survey reveals that fewer than half of Americans believe God exists
A survey released by the Cultural Research Center in March 2025 found that 60% of Americans do not believe God exists or significantly influences their lives. - CNN honors Dylan Mulvaney as ‘game changer’ of the week; trans influencer told mom ‘God made a mistake’
As a 4-year-old boy, Dylan Mulvaney told his mom, “God made a mistake.” Now, he has been named CNN’s “game changer of the week.” - ‘It’s a Christian phrase’: Rev. Johnnie Moore urges the Church to reclaim ‘Christ is King’ ahead of Easter Sunday
A new report from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) at Rutgers University, which warns that individual social media users and bot networks are co-opting a phrase the study’s authors acknowledge has been “central to the Christian faith for centuries”… Read more: ‘It’s a Christian phrase’: Rev. Johnnie Moore urges the Church to reclaim ‘Christ is King’ ahead of Easter Sunday - Kevin Watson’s Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline: A Reviewby Chris Ritter I recently finished Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline: A History of the Wesleyan Tradition in the United States by Kevin Watson (Zondervan Academic, 2024). This expansive, one-volume history sits atop an impressive body of earlier work by the… Read more: Kevin Watson’s Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline: A Review
- Kevin Watson’s Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline: A Reviewby Chris Ritter I recently finished Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline: A History of the Wesleyan Tradition in the United States by Kevin Watson (Zondervan Academic, 2024). This expansive, one-volume history sits atop an impressive body of earlier work by the… Read more: Kevin Watson’s Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline: A Review
- The Most Important Distinction in the American Church Today: The Next Underground SeminaryKevin M. Watson … What is Underground Seminary? There are some things that don’t fit in courses I teach, or perhaps even in the seminary curriculum at all, that people preparing to lead in the local church need to wrestle with,… Read more: The Most Important Distinction in the American Church Today: The Next Underground Seminary
- The Offense: John Wesley’s Sermon “The Almost Christian”Jeffrey Rickman … How many people in the pews on an average Sunday are scripturally-recognizable Christians? Not many at all, argues John Wesley. This sermon is highly offensive to anyone who wants to believe that salvation is as simple as… Read more: The Offense: John Wesley’s Sermon “The Almost Christian”
- Ending WellKevin M. Watson … I do not often struggle to keep my composure, but this Sunday March 2 was very emotional for me. I was blessed to return to Lamont, OK, for the first time in almost 17. I served… Read more: Ending Well
- What They Don’t Teach You in Seminary: An Invitation to Underground SeminaryKevin M. Watson … I have really enjoyed having my feet in both the church and the academy in my roles here in Tulsa. I am the Director of Academic Growth and Formation at Asbury Theology Seminary, anchored at our Tulsa,… Read more: What They Don’t Teach You in Seminary: An Invitation to Underground Seminary
- No, we aren’t creating God.David F. Watson … Bryan Johnson is a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a.k.a. the Mormons). He made billions in the tech industry and now leads the Don’t Die movement. Proponents of this movement believe that… Read more: No, we aren’t creating God.
- Dreams and DetoursBob Kaylor We begin the season of Lent with a new series that focuses on the last chapters of Genesis and the story of Joseph. Not only does this story resolve the theme of God making things “good” in Creation,… Read more: Dreams and Detours