Thu, 16 May 2024 15:06:00 -0400EditMySiteTue, 05 Jul 2016 00:31:10 GMThttps://www.stlukegoldsboro.org/being-methodist/methodist-history-controversy-communion-and-welchs-grape-juiceYou are probably familiar with Welch’s Grape Juice, but you may not know it has ties to the history of The United Methodist Church.  Read Article]]>Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:27:34 GMThttps://www.stlukegoldsboro.org/being-methodist/what-it-means-to-be-united-methodistThis FREE online course is designed for new United Methodists and anyone wanting to learn more about what it means to be a United Methodist. Are you a lifelong or long-term United Methodist? The course includes 4 modules that contain many interactive features. Each module takes approximately one hour to complete. Click for Details]]>Wed, 25 May 2016 17:31:02 GMThttps://www.stlukegoldsboro.org/being-methodist/our-wesleyan-heritageDistinctive Emphases of Wesley and the early Methodists.  Read Article]]>Tue, 10 May 2016 17:26:34 GMThttps://www.stlukegoldsboro.org/being-methodist/why-the-wesleys-and-others-came-to-be-called-methodists Holy Club. Bible Moths. Methodists.
These are just a few of the names people called Charles and John Wesley and those gathered around them before anyone called their group a movement, let alone a church. It was “Methodist” that eventually stuck. While John Wesley initially did not like the name, he eventually made it his own. Why did it stick? Read Article
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