Mission

The mission of the Global Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly. 

 

We have good news to share  with people around the world – news of a Savior called Jesus sent by God to cancel the power of sin in our lives and give us eternal life with God.

 

Core Confessions

The Global Methodist Church professes the Christian faith, established on the confession of Jesus as Messiah, the  Son of God, and resurrected Lord of heaven and earth. This confession, expressed by Simon Peter in Matthew 16:16-19 and Acts 2:32, is foundational. It declares Jesus is the unique incarnate Word of God, and He lives today,  calling all to receive Him as savior, and as the one to whom all authority has  been given. This faith has been tested and proved since its proclamation by Mary Magdalene, the first witness to the resurrection. It was defended by the women and men of the early church, many of whom gave their lives as testimony. Their labor, enabled and inspired by the Holy Spirit, resulted in  the canon of Scripture as the sufficient rule both for faith and practice (the Greek word kanon means rule). And  the early church succinctly formulated its principal confessions in the  Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds that  many Christians recite together when they gather for worship. 

 

History

With humility, hope and joy, the 17 member body known as the Transitional Leadership Council announced the official launch of the Global Methodist Church as of May 1, 2022. Thousands of Methodist clergy and laity from around the world worked together to lay the groundwork for a new, theologically conservative Methodist denomination steeped in the great ecumenical and evangelical confessions of the Christian faith. We envision a church filled with  a warm hearted, Wesleyan expression  of that faith that is dedicated to sharing  the Good News of Jesus Christ in word and deed.

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Beliefs and governance

Since its inception, God’s Spirit has enlivened the Methodist movement. In the 1720s John and Charles Wesley and friends at Oxford University met together to deepen their Christian faith through daily, practical spiritual disciplines. Derided by others as a “new sect of Methodists” for their “methodical” ways of practicing the faith and holding one another accountable to it, the small group embraced the insult and persevered in their fellowship. And so they and the millions who followed after them have ever since been known as “the people called Methodists.”

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In that spirit, this Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline of the Global Methodist Church is intended to serve as a resource for all who wish to join in a “methodical,” practical, and warm-hearted pursuit of loving God and serving others as Jesus’ disciples in the world. Beginning with confessions rooted in Scripture and shaped by the great teaching of the Church universal, the Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline provides the essential structure for the Global Methodist Church from its official launch on May 1, 2022 until its convening General Conference twelve to eighteen months later. It is offered with the prayer that it will help guide us in a new season of the church’s life as we make disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly.

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