Reforming Methodism's matrix: the class meeting and the reformation of Methodism for the twenty-first century

Mark A Fowler

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Reforming Methodism's matrix: the class meeting and the reformation of Methodism for the twenty-first century

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Mark A Fowler. Reforming Methodism's Matrix: the Class Meeting and the Reformation of Methodism for the Twenty-first Century. Andover Newton Theological School. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f4661312-3adf-46a2-a777-ad956d0c8ce8.

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M. A. Fowler. Reforming Methodism's matrix: the class meeting and the reformation of Methodism for the twenty-first century. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f4661312-3adf-46a2-a777-ad956d0c8ce8

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Mark A Fowler. Reforming Methodism's Matrix: the Class Meeting and the Reformation of Methodism for the Twenty-First Century. Andover Newton Theological School. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f4661312-3adf-46a2-a777-ad956d0c8ce8.

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Mark A Fowler

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A vision for United Methodist ecclesiology is presented drawing on models John Wesley and Francis Asbury perceived they were reviving from the apostles. The formative connectional Methodist elements, primarily the Class-Meeting, along with the connectional itinerants, societies and conferences are re-formed and articulated for the third millennium. Surveys of bishops and clergy revealed the desire for re-establishing the Class-Meeting as a formative institution within the church along with a reformulation of a Wesley-style Conference, inclusive of clergy and laity. The author's experience of a variety of Class-Meeting settings grounds the vision of the church reformed.

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