Category: Church

This paper considers how controversies have been handled in the past and how such knowledge is relevant to the handling of controversies facing the present church. It is clear that there are general principles that guide church leaders in their interpretations of scripture and teaching. Of great interest to most theologians are apostolic tradition and…

Rapture of Gods church is one of the most contentious elements in Christian eschatology, specifically its timing with relation to other events, such as Christs return and the great tribulations. It is a significant eschatological event that has a considerable impact on an individuals viewpoint about life and subsequent hope for the future. According to…

The main idea promoted by Peter Scazzero throughout his book The Emotionally Healthy Church is that many Christians appear to have a hard time trying to relate to their religious beliefs on an emotional level: We have many people who are passionate for God and his work, yet who remain disconnected from their own emotions…

Table of Contents Introduction The Organization How Systems Thinking applies in the UMC Conclusion Reference Introduction Systems Thinking is the process of understanding how specific components work together within a whole (Meadows, 2008). This concept can be effectively used in the resolution of the problem by addressing challenges as constituents of an overall system (Seddon,…

The United Methodist Church is a global missionary church that is on the verge of bringing the good news to the people who have not received it as yet. Like any other missionary church, there are lots of difficulties the church has to encounter. The leaders have to concentrate on the wellbeing of their people…

Table of Contents Introduction Parties Involved in Church Discipline The Process of Church Discipline The Necessity of Church Discipline Church Discipline in the Bible Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction Church discipline is the act of calling upon people to change their wayward ways through repentance and asking for forgiveness. It is performed when an individual has…

Introduction The one lord Jesus Christ is such a description of a being with distinction. As much as religion is concerned many people have different beliefs and faiths that they hold unto. For the Christians the great faith speaks of the trinity with the figure Jesus being God the son as one person of the…

Megachurches might be considered a relatively new but substantial religious phenomenon in terms of size and attendance. According to Hartford Seminary Institute for Religion Research, megachurches are Protestant churches where more than 2000 people attend for the purpose of worship per week (as cited in Cartledge et al., 2019, p. 43). Ellingson suggests that megachurches…

Ethics and religion are interrelated concepts, but this synergy remains inadequately explained. Moreover, this issues final point cannot be reached since both concepts are relative and not measured by standard methods. The Westboro Baptist Church case reveals a controversial decision allowing religious activists to express their perspective at a funeral. This conclusion is a legal…

Table of Contents Background Founder Polity Theology Growth and Development Video Lecture Summary Works Cited Background The Foursquare Gospel is an evangelical Pentecostal denomination the name of which is closely related to the emblem, represented by four squares. The four squares symbolically show Jesus Christ the Savior, Baptizer, Healer, Coming King. It refers to the…