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Is There Hope For My Small Church?
IS THERE HOPE FOR MY SMALL CHURCH? By the Reverend Terry L. Tilton, B.S., MDiv In a landscape where small churches in the United States struggle for survival, this Continue Reading
Drop the Mic
Introduction Imagine a church where people spend less time arguing and more time listening to the stories behind the arguments. I set out to offer my denomination, The United Methodist Continue Reading
Deconstructing Patriarchy, Reconstructing Faith
Patriarchy is one of those systems of oppression hiding in plain sight– especially in the Church. Over the course of history, the Church has used the Holy Scriptures to defend Continue Reading
Restoring Church and Community: Food Justice and the City of Mesa Arizona
First United Methodist Church of Mesa (FUMC) is a located in the downtown area of Mesa, AZ, which is a city that is experiencing a new time of growth Continue Reading
Strategically Restructuring for the Future of Methodism
Facing an Existential Ecclesial Crisis The United Methodist Church in America, alongside virtually every form of historically Wesleyan ecclesial expression, is facing multiple, significant crises. Much has been spoken, Continue Reading
Worship and the Lament – Recasting Lament as Worship
In her book, “Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining” [1] Author Shelly Rambo draws forward the experiences of Holy Saturday–the space between Jesus’s death and Jesus’s resurrection. If the Continue Reading
Awaken: Rediscovering God’s Call to Justice
Introduction On June 2, 2019, I began serving as Pastor of the Second Missionary Baptist Church (SMBC) in Jacksonville, Florida. The Church, SMBC, is in a neighborhood known as Continue Reading
What Should We Wear: The Clergy Clothing Quandry
What Should She Wear? She stands in her closet on a Sunday morning, thinking about what she should wear to lead worship that day. As she rifles through the hangers, Continue Reading
Reviving our Tradition of Lament in the Bahamian Church
Blog Written by Jacinta Marie Neilly Introduction: Reviving Our Tradition of Lament Perhaps you or someone you know is facing a tragic loss of life. Sadness, anger, and/or numbness are Continue Reading