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 earlier Firebrand...

One of the most important topics of discussion in the Global Methodist Church right now is the proposed Articles of Faith that will be before the General Conference meeting in South Africa later this year. I recently had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion about the writing and revision process for the Articles of Faith. If you haven't seen it, you should be sure to watch. We cover a number of major questions including: Why are we considering adopting these proposed Articles...

Global Methodists are talking about doctrine and theology. That's a good thing. Twentieth century mainline Methodism didn't leave us a strong theological legacy, and I'm grateful to see us working through important questions of belief. As you might expect, questions have come up about the proposed Articles of Faith. Why are we considering such a proposal? What's the process for considering them? Why might we need a fresh statement of our beliefs? And then there are questions about aspects of...