Omnia Methodist Posts

This podcast features conversations with conference leaders, pastors, and ministry partners who are living out the mission of the Global Methodist Church. Hear stories of church planting, renewal, evangelism, leadership development, and faithful perseverance.

Holy Conferencing is a pillar of Methodism, and something that the delegation of North Georgia has taken very seriously since being elected. Neal Tam, one of the Lay Delegates to GC26 for the GMC in Johannesburg, South Africa discusses the committees, the petitions, the schedule, and the excitement waiting for a trip to serve the […]

In this episode of It’s Elementary, the Amazing Jessica LaGrone and I sit down to talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Check it out!

A regional body of The United Methodist Church (UMC) has sued a megachurch affiliated with the Mainline Protestant denomination over recent changes made to its governing documents. The UMC Horizon Texas Annual Conference filed a petition for declaratory judgment on Monday in Dallas County District Court against Highland Park United Methodist Church (HPUMC).

One of the interesting aspects of working through the Scriptures in the Revised Common Lectionary for each Sunday is that you occasionally have to deal with some texts that sound a bit harsh to modern ears. Years ago, New Testament scholar F.F. Bruce wrote a book titled The Hard Sayings of Jesus, to which we […]

The culture of death continues apace. Here’s a headline for you: “Canadian family claim Christian grandmother was euthanised against her wishes.” GG, as she was called, did not wish to die by assisted suicide. As a Christian, she believed this was morally wrong. Moreover, it’s reported that, near the end of her life, she was incapable of […]

This summer, courts in British Columbia will decide whether faith-based healthcare institutions may keep their current exemption from providing euthanasia services, euphemistically known as medical aid in dying (MAiD). Under current rules, Canadian religious hospitals, most of them Catholic, are not obligated to euthanize patients on-site but must arrange referrals and transfers for patients.

We live in an incredible age for ministry. A pastor can encourage hundreds of people through a livestream. A devotional can reach someone on the other side of the world. AI can help us organize our thoughts, create graphics, write newsletters, and even spark ideas for sermons and Bible studies. Technology has become an incredible […]

Why does Christianity sometimes seem to have so little effect on the lives of Christians? Why hasn’t it had a greater effect on the world? / John Wesley asked that question more than two centuries ago. In his sermon “Causes of the Inefficacy of Christianity,” Wesley wrestled with a troubling reality: if Christianity is true […]

I grew up in the Church of the Nazarene and have heard about holiness (or entire sanctification) my entire life. When I was in high school, I started paying attention a bit more to this topic, and so I asked my pastor for books describing sanctification because I really didn’t know what it was. He […]

“Wesleyan theology is weak theology.” / That is the message I received from a Calvinist pastor friend during a phone call recently when discussing Wesleyan theology. The statement took me by surprise because I held (and still hold) this man of God and his opinions in high regard. I was dumbfounded and saddened because I […]

Methodists talk a lot about holiness (or at least we should). Holiness is central to our calling and how we understand the very reason for our existence. As we talk about holiness, though, we must remember that it’s not purely conceptual. Holiness doesn’t happen in a vacuum. For human beings, holiness is forged through trial […]

/ by Chris Ritter / It is an honor to be a delegate to the first regular General Conference of the Global Methodist Church. This meeting, August 30 to September 5 at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, will elect eight global bishops, consider a new doctrinal statement, and amend our Book of Doctrines and […]

PlainSpoken / With the GMC’s General Conference quickly approaching, it is important for folks to know what is going on in order for us to rightly pray. We all want for the Global Methodist Church to give glory to God and walk in obedience. This doesn’t magically happen. It requires conversation, deliberation, sometimes disagreement.

Megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton has won the Democratic primary and will face off against incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall, Republican, in his bid to become Kansas’s first Democratic senator in nearly a decade

What I learned about education, ability, and overcoming a bad start / Matt O’Reilly / People who know me now are often surprised to find out that I spent much of my undergrad on academic probation. After all, I hold a PhD from a British university and have authored multiple books and articles at both […]