Democratic Methodism In America
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Democratic Methodism In America
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Author : Lyman Edwyn Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
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Democratic Methodism In America
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Author : Lyman Edwyn Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-20
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Excerpt from Democratic Methodism in America: A Topical Survey of the Methodist Protestant Church The Methodist Protestant Church, established in 1830, is a representative democracy, and its organization was a protest against the religious monarchy developed under the leadership of the early bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church and against the autocratic manner in which that monarchy functioned in the epoch which immediately followed the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The purpose of this topical survey is to identify, to every questioner, the various links in the chain of circumstances which led to the organization of the Methodist Protestant Church and the fundamental principles which prompted and justified the movement. Every Christian denomination that presumes to maintain a separate existence in this new day should justify itself by a real and veritable contribution to world-wide Christianity. Every separate and sovereign Church is morally bound to voice the Gospel of Christ in all its fullness, to give a clear-toned and conscientious answer to the world-wide questions of the Kingdom of God, and to prove to the Christian common sense of the world that its own distinctive principles are broad enough and vital enough to furnish a worthy complement in the sum of Christian truth, and to constitute a living factor in the progress of the Church Universal. Can the Methodist Protestant Church justify itself in this broad and substantial way? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Democracy Of Methodism
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Author : James Allen Geissinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
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Reform Movements In Methodism And How They Were Treated 1784 1830
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Author : Paul F. McCleary
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-04-08
Reform Movements In Methodism And How They Were Treated 1784 1830 written by Paul F. McCleary and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with Religion categories.
Rev. Paul F. McCleary is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and Northwestern University, both in Evanston, Illinois. He has an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois. Paul served student appointments in Illinois Great Rivers Conference of the United Methodist Church before going to Bolivia as a missionary, where he served as district superintendent and executive secretary of the Annual Conference. He has served denominational posts as executive secretary of the Structure Study Commission of the General Conference, assistant general secretary for Latin America of the Board of Global Ministries, and as associate general secretary of the General Council on Ministries. He also served as executive director of Church World Service of the National Council of Churches of Christ. For several years, he served with nongovernmental organizations, such as Save the Children, Christian Children’s Fund, and Feed the Children. He served two terms as president of the NGO Committee to UNICEF and chair of the Board of InterAction. He served as a consultant to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. McCleary served for eight years as an advisor to the Bishops’ Task Force on Children and Poverty of the United Methodist Church. McCleary is married to Rachel P. and has four children, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. They currently reside in Tempe, Arizona.
The Rise And Triumph Of Methodism
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Author : L Alfred Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2023-05-30
The Rise And Triumph Of Methodism written by L Alfred Jenkins and has been published by Covenant Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-30 with Religion categories.
This book tells the story of how American democracy and early Wesleyan Methodism wed. It is the story not of the institutional church but of a concept fathered by John Wesley and American democracy--egalitarian universalism. Anytime something new appears, it needs an engine to push it along. Francis Asbury, his circuit riders, America's early poets, and the Black slaves became that engine. This book will show how egalitarian universalism, as defined by the New Testament, became the concept that guided the development of America's new democracy. The book will also show how this revolutionary concept was squeezed when the Civil War rushed in. Had it not been for the gospel writer and his Luke-Acts, American democracy and Methodism might have been forever lost.
Democratic Methodism In Americ
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Author : Lyman Edwyn Davis
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Democratic Methodism In Americ written by Lyman Edwyn Davis and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
A Church In Crisis
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Author : Elizabeth A. Georgian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
A Church In Crisis written by Elizabeth A. Georgian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Schism categories.
The story of American Methodism from 1777 to 1835 presents a puzzle. During those years the Methodist Episcopal Church grew into the largest denomination in the United States while fashioning the most hierarchical organization in American Protestantism. In other words, the Methodist Episcopal Church leaders steadily denied the laity any role in the ecclesiastical government over the same period that most Americans embraced a political order based on republicanism and democracy. Over time the government grew more complex, the bishops more autocratic, and the number of people excluded from participation greater and greater. Solving this puzzle sheds new light not only on the Methodist Episcopal Church, but on the competitive evangelical marketplace churches found themselves in after the American Revolution, and on the relationship between Americans' secular ideals and their religious expectations. This dissertation explores the role of two schismatic movements in shaping the development of the church and explaining its remarkable success. The James O'Kelly schism took place in 1792, when O'Kelly stormed out of the General Conference, frustrated by yet another failure to limit the growing hierarchy and the power of the bishops. He took with him one-fifth of the church's members and formed the Republican Methodist Church--a remarkably egalitarian denomination. The church leaders foundered for years, failing to respond as O'Kelly attacked them in spirited, popular published works. Eventually they issued a rejoinder and the membership rolls again began to grow. In 1820, the Methodist Episcopal Church came under a sustained attack by reformers demanding lay representation in the church government. This time, the church's leaders responded differently, learning from the mistakes of the past and from their critics. They acted immediately, expelling those who advocated for reform, and offering mercy to those who repented of their sins and returned to the fold. Finding their petitions ignored, their people expelled, and their names tarnished, the reformers left to form the Methodist Protestant Church in 1830, one that drew away only a trivial number of people from the Methodist Episcopal Church. The key to understanding the contradiction between the Methodist Episcopal Church's success as the most hierarchical Protestant church, in America's increasingly democratic political culture, lies in its image as a folksy church that appealed to every day Americans, hiding its fundamentally undemocratic nature. The Methodist itinerants--uneducated, poor men of little social standing--met the people where they were, and literally met them in their homes where they graciously accepted whatever hospitality the laity could offer them. Later, the editors of the nation's most widely read evangelical magazines met them in print--running short, readable stories of an entertaining nature. The populist campaign worked--Americans flocked to a church that looked like it represented them, even as its leaders expelled them for daring to call for change and looked down on them as spiritual inferiors. And today, the image of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a democratic institution still triumphs over the reality.
Christian Democracy For America
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Author : David D. Forsyth
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-26
Christian Democracy For America written by David D. Forsyth and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Education categories.
Excerpt from Christian Democracy for America The Frontier of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Land Available and Rate of Acquisition; United States Government Irrigation Projects; Ten-Year Study of Methodist Frontier Work; Membership of Methodist Episcopal Church Compared with State Population; Rural Industrial America; Why Ministers Leave the Country (White); Why Ministers Leave the Country (Negro); The "Supply" Problem in the Rural Methodist Episcopal Church; Protestant Population by States; The Immigrant Zone; Rapid Growth of Cities; Where the Cities Grow; Some Figures That Talk; Where Leaders for Christian Democracy May Be Trained; Frontier Variants of the Task; Alaska "Sewards Folly" and Our Opportunity; The Halfway House of the Pacific; Porto Rico, Showing Points Where the Methodist Episcopal Church is Teaching Christian Democracy About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Methodist Church And Its Work
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Author : Worth Marion Tippy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
A Methodist Church And Its Work written by Worth Marion Tippy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Church management categories.
A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America
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Author : John Lednum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1862
A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America written by John Lednum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with Methodism categories.