![]() I was ready to leave the denomination, but if you can be this brave. We believe that the Bible is God’s inspired and authoritative word, revealing that Jesus Christ is God’s son that people are created in God’s image that He created us to have eternal life through Jesus Christ that although all people have sinned and come short of God’s glory, God has made salvation possible through the death on the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ that repentance, faith, love and obedience are fitting responses to God’s initiative of grace towards us that God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth and that the Holy Spirit’s power is demonstrated in and through us for the accomplishment of Christ’s last commandment, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation” (Mark 16:15). There are many voices within The United Methodist Church who want us to break up. (Well, that depends on your denomination. Circuit Riders is an initiative born out of YWAM and ascribes to the same Statement of Faith which follows:Īs citizens of God’s kingdom, we are called to love, worship, and obey our Lord, to love and serve His Body, the Church, and to present the whole gospel for the whole person throughout the whole world. Jesus conquered death and in doing that, we will rise again in body and in spirit. I hope you’ll join in this monthly series – with a new post added at the end of every month.Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is a global movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to presenting Jesus personally to this generation, to mobilizing as many as possible to help in this task, and to the training and equipping of believers for their part in fulfilling the Great Commission. Whether it is proclaiming their faith loudly, or whether it is to quietly live out their faith, I want to celebrate and feature those individuals and lives. Therefore, this new series, “Bold, Brave, Catholic” highlights an ordinary, every-day Catholic, living their life in a bold way, a brave manner, and a Catholic way. In 2017, Pastor Hughes launched Brave Church, which has been expanding since its inception, with about 140 regular attendees on Sundays 300 to 400 attendees at bigger services and about 700 for major holidays like Easter. If youve ever been in awe of a Montana landscape youve come face to face with one of the most profound human truths: we were made to be captivated by. But, with every person leaving, they ultimately leave Christ waiting at the altar. I get the anger, the frustration, and the disappointment. Or, if they haven’t formally left for another denomination, they have stopped attending Mass. And, I pray that others do as well.īecause of the scandals, I have read and heard of people leaving the Church. At the end of the day, I go to Mass to receive Christ’s Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. Categories: Associate Pastor - Discipleship Pastor - Other Pastor - Small Group Pastor. Christ, as He is present in the Eucharist. Yet, Catholicism isn’t defined by the priest, nor is it the sum of the papacy or the leaders in charge. ![]() All one has to do is turn on the news, and we are inundated with another scandal, another coverup, another round of corruption, and yes – even some lies. ![]()
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