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    Quick and Easy Guide to United Methodist Polity
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    Quick and Easy Guide to United Methodist Polity

    By Anne L. Burkholder, THOMAS W. Elliott Jr and Thomas Edward Frank

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    This Quick and Easy Guide to United Methodist Polity (hereafter referred
    to as "this guide") addresses these and many other questions related
    to the practices of United Methodist ministry. Written with lay and
    clergy practitioners in mind, this guide rises out of several convictions
    that give shape and form to what we mean by United Methodist polity.
    First, United Methodist polity is, as described by Dr. Thomas E.
    Frank in his seminal text, Polity, Practice and the Mission of The United
    Methodist Church, characterized by discipline and community. In reference
    to the use of the term "discipline," Frank describes how in our
    history, "discipline" and "methods" were "peculiarly related." "Disciplines
    of growth in the Christian life" were directly related to "practices
    of love in Christian community." Discipline was exercised in the early Preface
    Methodist societies, classes, and bands through self-examination and
    mutual accountability. In 1743, John Wesley published the pamphlet on
    the "Nature, Design, and General Rules of the United Societies" with an
    emphasis upon the means of grace and holy living (Frank, 46)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781945935138
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