John Wesley abandoned conventional modes of ministry and experimented with innovative approaches. So can we says this UM pastor.
Roger Ross, senior pastor of 1st United Methodist Church in Springfield, IL, believes revival is just as possible today as it was in the days of John Wesley.
“The genius of the Wesleyan revival is found in the ways he engaged coldly indifferent people and turned them into warm-hearted disciples who changed the world,” Ross notes. “We can do that, too. We can recover the seven methods of the early Methodist movement that reached the unchurched masses of that day.”
He demonstrates how to reshape these practices for a 21st century context and retool receptive individuals, groups, and churches to use them.
Last Updated on January 11, 2023