When the Board of Administration discussed this statement as the Free Methodist Church in Canada’s focus for this ministry season, we considered each word carefully… “Accepting” was chosen over “taking” because we understand that God has entrusted us with authority and therefore responsibility for our communities. “Taking” might sound presumptuous. […]
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Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Greg Elford and his team at New Heights church. They have been undergoing some significant changes as they take active steps toward accepting responsibility for their neighbourhood. Their efforts have been daring and exciting. What they have
FOUNDATIONAL COURSES https://fmcic.ca/foundational-courses/ Register online through the link above. Lay Ministers tracking for credentialed ministry and those transferring ordination credentials into the FMCiC need to take the following two courses for full credit – and if possible, the Heart course first and then Wesleyan Theology. Heart of Canadian Free
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We talk a lot about “Accepting Responsibility for Our Communities” as because it is something we long to see all our churches engage in. This is part of what it means to be a healthy church. But what might that look like? Often, the first struggle is to define “our
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The Free Methodist Church in Canada has recently entered into a partnership with ADVISORS with Purpose. We are a ministry that provides you the opportunity to create a free, personalized, confidential Estate Plan. Creating an estate plan is an important act of stewardship of all that God has entrusted to
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Good questions can act like goads that motivate us to action if we are willing to wrestle with them. A question that has personally motivated me (and often gotten under my skin) is contained in a quote from Dallas Willard: “Since making disciples is the main task of the church,
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We were made to be generous. In fact, scientific research has found that we are wired for sacrificial generosity. When we sacrificially give, our mood is improved; we experience better physical health; we live longer; we sleep better; we handle stress better and lessen the risk and symptoms of depression.
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The other day someone was reminding me of the Discipleship material we have developed as a movement. For those who didn’t know we had discipleship materials check out the website. It’s all there. They were commenting on how helpful the Pathway Diagram (the tree and the four mileposts) has been
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“Have you been discipled?” I asked over 100 leaders this question as a part of my thesis project. The questionnaire and interviews involved many more related questions, but I was curious to hear their answers to this question. Most said no, “not like Jesus discipled His disciples.” Why Church, when
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Discipleship is a big word. It can be an overwhelming word. Even as I sit to write this I wonder how I can speak to discipleship effectively without rambling on and on to all the ins and outs of it. So instead I will attempt to explain how discipleship has
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