Download [pdf] How to Make Ethical Decisions in a Complex World By Patrick T. Smith, Ph.D. (cand.) A well-known and well-worn joke shared regularly when I was in grade school goes: “How do you clean Dracula’s teeth?” The response: “Very carefully.” When I think about the question, “How do we […]
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Download [pdf] [Word doc] What About Our Stuff? A Theology of Possessions “My rest is a weapon against the oppression of man’s obsession to control things” Josh Garrels, “The Resistance.” “Oh great mammon of form and function, careless consumerist consumption Dangerous dysfunction described as expensive taste.” Josh Garrels, Zion and
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SANCTIFICATION download pdf – download .doc WHERE DOES THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH STAND RE: SANCTIFICATION? (An essay with origins in preparations for the course “Heart of Canadian Free Methodism”) Doctrinal statements evolve over time. The church wrestles to find adequate language to remain faithful and clear. This usually happens when
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the free methodist church in canada Operations Plan To Protect It is the purpose of the Church to: provide a safe environment for Children who are in attendance at the Church’s facilities or who participate in Church-sanctioned activities and programs wherever they may be carried out. ensure that as a
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WOMEN IN MINISTRY “Reading the Bible as a Whole: Coming to Grips with I Timothy 2:12” Download sermon [Word] Download sermon [pdf] Download [ppt]
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download pdf Wesleyan Perspectives on Women in Ministry Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D. Azusa Pacific University July 2005 This presentation was created to address a need in Free Methodist churches for education about the ordination and placement of women pastors in order that people in and out of the church might
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download pdf Women in Ministry The North American General Conference of 1974 (of which Canadian Free Methodists were a part) passed a resolution “giving women equal status with men in the ministry of the church” (General Conference Minutes, p. 388). According to the report of that Conference in Light and
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download pdf The Security of Believers: A Free Methodist Perspective At one time, being “for” or “against” eternal security was a major point of identity for many Christians, but today, for a growing number, it is no longer an issue that hinders fellowship in the Body of Christ. This statement
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REGARDING “OPEN” OR “FREE-WILL” THEISM In recent years some evangelical thinkers have attempted to approach the age-old question of how to relate the biblical teaching regarding God’s power, knowledge and activity to the biblical teaching on (God-given) human freedom. Their approaches are often called “open theism”
download pdf This statement on Divine Healing was approved by the 2002 Canadian General Conference of The Free Methodist Church in Canada (revised 2011) and is the official position of the FMCIC. 630.1.3 Divine Healing All healing, whether of body, mind, or spirit has its ultimate source in God who
