The class meeting—Wesley’s genius innovation for spiritual formation—remains one of Methodism’s greatest gifts to Christian discipleship. These small groups of twelve people meeting weekly for mutual accountability transformed individual believers into a movement that changed the world. Today, AI and digital tools can enhance this proven model while preserving its essential relational character. Here’s how […]
One of the first sites that we visited in Zimbabwe was a revival at Prospect United Methodist Church. We walked into some of the most passionate worship that I have experienced. In the singing, preaching, dancing and response it was clear that the Holy Spirit was active. While I did not understand the language of […]
In North America, the church is failing to live up to its mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Since 1990 over 150 United Methodist churches have closed every year. During this same period of time, internet usage has exploded. Since 1990 the internet grew by 100 percent every […]
Yesterday was the first day of the Ideation Experience (http://ideationexperience.leadnet.org). We heard from John Handy, who was formerly a leader at the development division at Mattel toys. Each of the 60 some people here had the chance to give an elevator pitch of our idea and receive some feedback in small groups. This evening we […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 