Description
Popular writer F. Belton Joyner has revised his perfect-selling resource for introducing the United Methodist Church. In a humorous yet respectful style, Joyner takes the reader through illuminating questions and answers on United Methodist terms and beliefs on God, Jesus, the Bible, the church, salvation, and more. Examples of Joyner’s questions include “Why did Jesus have to die?” “Who was once John Wesley, and who were all those other figures?” “Is the Bible infallible?” “What is The Book of Discipline?” This revised edition includes new sections on United Methodism as a global church, United Methodist ministries beyond the congregation, and United Methodist theology in conversation with other Christian traditions. It has also been up to date to reflect latest changes to The Book of Discipline and the orders of ministry. The book’s question-and-answer format easily lends itself to make use of in Sunday school classes and likewise works for individual study. From new recruits to lifelong United Methodists, readers will gain a full of life sense of what’s special and essential about their denominational home.