2020

Navigating The United Methodist Church’s Property Disputes Amid Disaffiliation: Legal Challenges and Implicatoins

“I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship and the whole world for my mission field”- John Wesley Introduction The recent legal dispute between the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) and Perdido Bay Methodist Church underscores the intricate challenges […]

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Is The United Methodist Church Disaffiliation Plan A Bitter Pill To Swallow?

Is The United Methodist Church Disaffiliation Plan A Bitter Pill To Swallow? “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.” –

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Are We Awakened?

  Albert Einstein once stated that “reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one!” Are we out of touch with reality? Are we ready to face reality? Does reality awaken us? I pondered on the questions of “reality and awakening,” since I first heard that the United Methodist Church (UMC), America’s largest mainline

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Belief Vs. Faith

Belief versus (Vs.) faith or faith vs. belief, are they mutually inclusive or exclusive? Which one comes first, either belief or faith? Can human beings live without either belief or faith and vice versa? Similar questions along with a few thoughts crossed my mind as I was taking a walk late Saturday afternoon in our

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How Good Is This Friday For Believers?

Why Friday, April 10, 2020, known as “Good Friday” is unique in our lifetime? How Good is this year’s Friday for believers in Jesus Christ throughout the world? Was there a Good Friday observance either in our grandparents or parents lifetime as we their children witnessed in our lifetime without the Congregational services and fellowships?

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