WHAT WE BELIEVE

Formed May 1, 2022, the Global Methodist Church is

faithful to the 2000 years of orthodox Christianity and the vision of John

Wesley to "spread scriptural holiness throughout the land". Our

mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately, love

extravagantly, and witness boldly. For a full statement of our beliefs, here is

our doctrine and

our catechism.

God

There is but one living and true God,

everlasting, without body or parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and good; the

maker and preserver of all things, both visible and invisible. And in unity of

this Godhead there are three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.Jesus is the messiah, the Son of God, and resurrected Lord of heaven and earth.

As a Wesleyan expression of Christianity, the Global

Methodist Church professes the Christian faith, established on the confession of Jesus as messiah, the Son of God, and resurrected Lord of heaven and earth. This confession, expressed by Simon Peter in Matthew 16:16-19 and Acts 2:32, is foundational. It declares Jesus is the unique incarnate Word of God, and He

lives today, calling all to receive Him as savior, and as the one to whom all

authority has been given. This faith has been tested and proved since its

proclamation by Mary Magdalene, the first witness to the resurrection. It was

defended by the women and men of the early church, many of whom gave their lives as testimony. Their labor, enabled and inspired by the Holy Spirit, resulted in the canon of scripture as the sufficient rule both for faith and practice.

Jesus is the unique incarnate Word of God, and He lives today, calling all to receive Him as savior, and as the one to whom all authority has been given.

Christ, whose blood of atonement cleanseth all from sin; whereby we are not only delivered from the guilt of sin, but are washed from its pollution, saved from its power, and enabled, through grace, to love God with all our hearts and to walk in His holy commandments blameless. We

believe that a life of holiness or “entire sanctification” should be the goal

of each individual’s journey with God.

Grace

Original sin stands not in the following of Adam, but it is

the corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the

offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness,

and of his own nature inclined to evil, and that continually.

The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith, and calling upon God; wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.

Grace is the manifestation of God’s love toward fallen creation, to be freely received and freely given. This undeserved gift works to liberate humanity from both the guilt and power of sin, and live as children of God, freed for joyful obedience.

The gift of grace is available to all persons.

God’s prevenient or preventing grace refers to “the first dawning of grace in the soul,” mitigating the effects of original sin, even before we are aware of our need for God. It prevents the full consequences of humanity’s alienation from God and awakens conscience, giving an initial sense of God and the first inclinations toward life.

God’s convincing grace leads us to what the Bible terms “repentance,” awakening in us a desire to “flee the wrath to come” and enabling us to begin to “fear God and work righteousness.”

God’s justifying grace works by faith to bring reconciliation to God through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. God’s sanctifying grace begins with God’s work

of regeneration, sometimes referred to as “being born again.” It is God’s work

in us as we continually turn to Him and seek to be perfected in His love. Sanctification is that renewal of our fallen nature by the Holy Ghost, received

through faith in Jesus

MISSIONAL COMMUNITY

The Holy Scripture contains all things necessary tosalvation. The canonical books of the Old and New Testaments (as specified in the Articles of Religion) are the primary rule and authority for faith, morals, and service, against which all other authorities must be measured.

The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men (and women) in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments

duly administered according to Christ’s ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. We celebrate and rejoice in the priesthood of all believers.