The United Methodist Church can feel like an ocean liner being tossed on a stormy sea of cultural change. Sometimes all our efforts can feel futile, as if we’re rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship.
While the seemingly endless debate about schism rages on among the Methodist family, taking up headline space about the denomination, a movement of the Holy Spirit has been quietly spreading. New followers of Jesus, and those who describe being previously harmed by the church, are finding a spiritual home in Methodist “fresh expressions of church.” These are forms of church for our changing culture, established primarily for those not connected to a church.
Consider for example the Florida Conference.
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