New Methodist Conference
empowering ministry outside the lines
Welcome to the NMC
We are a Passionate Pilgrim Community. As we follow the Living Lord, we seek to encourage and lift one another up in our journey along Christ's Way. We believe that the Holy Spirit is always calling people into new ways of coming together and being Church: ways that are as radically inclusive, outrageously generous, and abundantly loving as Jesus taught.
We Are Methodists. We are rooted in the core teachings of historic Methodism; earnest study of the scriptures and determined engagement in the world. We develop our theology following the "Wesleyan Quadrilateral" of scripture, tradition, reason, and experience.
We are Evangelical. We believe the Gospel good news of Jesus Christ is for all people, at all times, in all places. God is love, and that radiant joy-filled eternal goodness shall never be overcome by darkness, despair or destruction. Amen!
We are Sacramental. All Creation is holy ground, a grace-filled gift. Everyone and every thing reveals God's love and grace. We find in Jesus the Christ a singular sacrament of God. We celebrate the traditional Sacraments of the Church, while mindful that these are not the only signs and symbols of the Living Christ.
We are Protestant. We are Catholic. We are Progressive. Following the teaching and example of John Wesley, we embrace both Protestant insights and the Catholic tradition. Trusting that God doesn't need our "protection," we engage in dialogue with those of other faiths, keep abreast of contemporary biblical scholarship and modern scientific theories and discoveries.
All are Welcome. All are welcome in the NMC, regardless of the labels society uses to divide us (age, ethnicity, gender, race, sexuality, social class, physical ability, marital status, financial condition, etc., etc., etc.). If abundant variety is God's good pleasure, then who would dare to scorn it?