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We are trying to get the word out early. In this Mosaic you will read about initiatives and recommendations by FMCiC leaders. These are recommendations that will be going to General Conference 2020. Traditionally, we create meeting times at General Conference prior to the business time, in order to discuss recommendations. Traditionally, the committee championing […]

On February 20, we had the first meeting of the newly-minted LGBTQ study team, 9 of us from all over Canada meeting together by Zoom to talk, to plan, and especially to pray over our mandate as a committee. It was a very moving time for me, to hear everyone share their desire to help

The Canadian Study Commission on Doctrine wholeheartedly affirms the denomination’s position on women in ministry. The Commission further recommends that leaders across the denomination explore the barriers that continue to hinder women and find ways of removing those barriers to release women for more effective leadership and ministry through the Free Methodist Church. This is

Within the process of growth, the use of reflection and refinement are key – both in the expression of vision and belief, and in the use of structure and its systems. Organizationally the Board of Administration has the opportunity to engage a new structure that we believe could enhance the function and quality of work

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, every church ought to be

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 you. Psalm 24:1 says, “The

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 most effectively taken place in

I almost wish I could have written this article 6 weeks from now; because then, I’d have more answers.  For now, I’ll try to tell you what our church is doing about discipleship, and how we got here. I happened to serve on the System Analysis Task Team back in the 2010-ish when we noticed