The Methodist Church

Having become more and more dissillusioned with organised churches, either of the traditional or the 'emergent' variety, I was somewhat suprised to find myself thinking positively about one!

The Methodist Church's website offers hope for the way this particular branch of organsised Christianity is developing. I like their aims to:

• to increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love
• to help people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care
• to be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice
• to make more followers of Jesus Christ

Sadly I don't see much of this at congregational level amoungst the churches I work with yet but let's give it time. For now I like the Methodist Church's down to earthness and sense of mission in the community. I stumbled into working for them, but I'm beginning to think that it was a good move for me theologically aswell.