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A Study of The Methodist Church
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Teaching Methodists

• Need to show that God does not approve of
  religious division.
• You may have to prove that God is not different
  now from what He was like in Biblical times.
• You may have to overcome the idea that Methodist
  preachers, due to training in seminaries are
  assumed to have much more knowledge and that
  regular lay people should trust them.
• You may have to deal with the Bible in terms of
  the generally accepted books and letters versus
  other books that are not considered canon.

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What Can We Do?

• Invite them to a Bible Study. Hold a study in
  your home and invite them to study a book of the
  Bible (e.g. Acts). Gods word is quick and
  powerful and has the ability to convict people
  if we can get them to examine it.
• Emphasize the Whole Bible Approach. The Bible
  tells one continuous story.
• Show examples of conversion from the Bible.
  Discuss passages that show what a person must do
  to be saved.
• Point out how local churches were organized, what
  their work consisted of, their practices and why
  it is important that we follow that pattern.
• Prove that authority in religion is necessary to
  please God. Show examples from the Bible where
  God expected men to follow the instructions given
  them.

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What Can We Do?

• Show from the Bible what constitutes faith. Show
  how we cannot allow our own ideas to change what
  the Bible teaches.
• Examine your own positions. Know why you believe
  and practice what you do. Continue to study and
  grow.
• We are commanded to go into all the world and
  teach. We are given examples of how NT
  Christians went out spreading the word. We will
  give an answer in judgment for our compliance to
  Gods commands.
• Remember, our goal is not to win an argument or
  get as many people as possible believing the same
  way we do. We are simply trying to convert
  people, and help make more true disciples of
  Christ. Let your speech be seasoned with salt.

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Methodist Episcopal Church South, Discipline, 1930
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A Methodist Church and its Work, Tippy,
Kern 1918 Statement concerning the work Of the
church.