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On the Thursday morning of the General Conference in Johannesburg, Chappell Temple, chair of the Social Witness committee, explained why his committee wouldn’t recommend Resolution 1466. They had rewritten it, and they liked the rewrite. But “we substituted something for it that was not at all what he had written.” He was talking about me.

Hey all! Tesia here. Recently I was invited on the Art of Holiness Podcast with Bishop Carolyn Moore and Katherine Riley. They’re doing a series on famous liturgical prayers. We chatted about The Lord’s Prayer, the new Draft Liturgies of The Global Methodist Church, and the use of corporate prayer in worship. Take a listen […]

Can Christians disagree about politics without becoming divided? And what does faithful peacemaking look like in an age of polarization, outrage, and tribalism? In this episode of It’s Elementary, Dr. David Watson welcomes Andrew Hanauer, founder and CEO of the One America Movement, for a thoughtful conversation about faith, political polarization, and the calling of […]

What does faithful ministry look like over a lifetime? And how does God use our brokenness, struggles, and relationships to shape us into the people He calls us to be?

On the last afternoon of the General Conference in Johannesburg, two women went to the same microphone about a minute apart. The first was Megan Alamo, a pastor from the Great Lakes Conference. The second was Mandy White, a laywoman from West Plains who sat on the committee that wrote the text they were arguing […]

For most of this year I have been talking about the 2026 General Conference of the Global Methodist Church from thousands of miles away. I saved 33 hours of plenary livestream. But I haven’t been in the rooms where it happened. Bill Kyle was. Bill is a member of First Methodist in Yazoo City, where […]

What are the Global Methodist Church’s draft liturgies, and how can your church use them? Dr. Tesia Mallory joins me for all of the information you could want about the draft liturgies. This is your one-stop conversation about what’s included, how the resources were developed, and how pastors and congregations can participate in the feedback […]

On the last day of the 2026 General Conference, Lori Rowe, a lay delegate from Florida, walked to microphone three to speak against an amendment. Her first words were, “There’s not a word that I disagree with in the substitute amendment.” Her objection wasn’t to anything the amendment in front of her said. It was […]

What does revival look like in the middle of poverty, scarcity, and spiritual darkness? And what can the global Church learn from Christians who depend on the Holy Spirit every day? In this episode of It’s Elementary, Dr. David Watson and Dr. Jessica LaGrone welcome Adria Nuñez Ortiz, pastor of the Spirit and Truth Church […]

West Virginia churches seeking to disaffiliate from the Methodist denomination over its stance on human sexuality are now in the state Supreme Court of Appeals to ensure they keep their church property in the process.

What happened at the 2026 General Conference of the Global Methodist Church? And what does it reveal about the future of Methodism around the world? In this episode of It’s Elementary, Dr. David Watson and Dr. Jessica LaGrone reflect on their experience at the Global Methodist Church (GMC) General Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Just […]

What makes theology distinctly Wesleyan? And why does every generation need to wrestle anew with the great doctrines of the Christian faith? In this episode of It’s Elementary, Dr. David Watson and Dr. Jessica LaGrone welcome Dr. Tom McCall of Asbury Theological Seminary and Dr. Jason Vickers of Baylor University’s Truett Seminary to discuss their […]

Can Christians be perfect? John Wesley believed they could. But he didn’t mean sinless perfection. In this episode of Theology Project, Dr. Chris Lohrstorfer joins me to discuss John Wesley’s Sermon 40, “Christian Perfection,” and one of the most distinctive—and often misunderstood—doctrines of the Wesleyan tradition. What did Wesley actually mean by Christian perfection?

In this deep, 70-minute conversation, publisher Henry Neufeld sits down with authors and theologians Allan Bevere and Bruce Epperly to explore the vital, often misunderstood concept of “social holiness.” At a time when public discourse is increasingly polarized and human beings are routinely reduced to political abstractions, how does the church live out a concrete, […]

Methodism has always had a primary concern with the person and work of the Holy Spirit. John Wesley’s sermons revolved around a robust pneumatology (theology of the Holy Spirit) with great regularity. Yet over the course of a couple of centuries, the Holy Ghost became somewhat alien to average churchgoers, taking the place of something […]