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Aly Hawkins
Councils, Creeds, Canon: Sifting and Parting the Waters
In the first millennium after Christ’s ascension, the Jesus movement flowed west, east, and south from Jerusalem to the edges of the known world. But keeping the Church both Christian and undivided across so many miles, cultures, and generations proved daunting.
Enlightenment, Methodism, and the Wellspring of the Modern World: Floodgates & Waterworks
The Protestant Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Age of Discovery were a potent, generative combination from which both the Enlightenment and Methodism were born.
Fresh Spring: The Free Methodist Stream of Wesleyan Holiness, 1860–1890
When the Holiness movement swept into the Methodist Episcopal Church, renewal generated both revival and unrest. The Free Methodist Church was birthed by people determined to remain faithful to Wesley’s vision of Christian perfection.
From Genesis to the Exile: Headwaters of Church History
If we want to understand and articulate our present-day current in the river of Christian faith, we must get properly oriented toward our earliest origins: creation and covenant.
Our Current: The Wesleyan Holiness Stream of Christianity
We practice faith within a particular stream of historical, theological, and cultural Christianity, which forms who we are, what we do, and how we do it. While there are various currents of expression within our broader stream, here are distinctions we share.
Outflow & Influx: Free Methodism’s Ongoing Story, 1890–Today
For 163 years and counting, the Free Methodist Church has expanded globally and adapted structurally to meet new cultural challenges and institutional demands. Each successive generation finds fresh ways to stay faithful and on mission.
The Book of Discipline: The Hows of Free Methodism
Get to know the Book of Discipline: the NFL Rulebook for Free Methodists, but with less frequent and/or preposterous revisions.
The Early Church: Living Water from Judea to the World
Into the story of creation and covenant came a prophet, teacher, and healer who invited and empowered people to experience God’s life in and through him.
The Formation and Reformation of the European Church: Westward Flow
After the East–West Schism (1054), the Latin stream of Christianity became recognizably European in culture and practice, giving birth to the Western intellectual and devotional traditions that led (eventually) to the Protestant Reformation.
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