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An Even More Excellent Way: A Response to Joel Green on the Bible in Global Methodism
Should Global Methodist doctrine define what Scripture is or describe what Scripture does? That's the question posed by Joel B. Green in a new Firebrand article that criticizes my defense of the statement "Scripture is without error in all it affirms," which is language included in the proposed Articles of Faith to be considered by the General Conference of the Global Methodist Church (GMC) later this year. Green's article came in the form of a response to my critique of an e
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Reconstructing Methodism // April 26-27, 2024
With the launch of the Global Methodist Church (GMC), the opportunity has come to cultivate a fresh and faithful expression of the...

Matt O'Reilly
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What Does It Mean to Be Methodist? Clarifying What's Distinctive and What's Essential
I've been asked several times of late to put together a list of beliefs that are distinctive of or essential to Methodism. The context...

Matt O'Reilly
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The Question of Bishops in the Global Methodist Church // Interview with Bishop Scott Jones
What will the role of bishops be in the Global Methodist Church? In this video, Dr. Matt O'Reilly sits down with Bishop Scott Jones to...

Matt O'Reilly
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Facing a Faceless World
Seeing the Person and the Rise of the Wesleyan-Methodist Movement Deliverance and the Face of God The Holy One who called Israel to...

Bill Ury
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The UMC is more traditional than ever, but it doesn't matter
Sexuality is no longer driving the UMC split. Institutional dysfunction is.

Matt O'Reilly
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