2015年6月17日 · He also introduced another theological idea that still influences United Methodists. Luther challenged the church teaching that taking priestly vows was God’s highest calling. Instead, he taught that every person — butcher, baker or homemaker — is called by God.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of the African American civil rights movement throughout the 1960s until his assassination on April 4, 1968. The United Methodist Church recognizes the right of individuals to dissent when acting under the constraint of conscience and, after having exhausted all legal recourse, to resist or disobey ...

On March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama, God put holy fire into the mouth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who dared to speak truth to power. He urged a crowd, weary from well-doing, to keep on. He knew that many wondered if they could …

Methodism and Lutheranism are two of the most influential Protestant Christian denominations. Many of their core beliefs are the same, yet they also have critical theological differences. Methodism is about 200 years younger than Lutheranism. Methodism is Arminian, and Lutheranism isn’t.

On Reformation Day, Protestants everywhere remember Martin Luther. Methodists have reasons to remember the German reformer because of numerous similiarities and connections he shared with John Wesley.

2017年3月1日 · If you think United Methodist disagreements today are intense, try the debate that Reformation leaders had about Holy Communion. In 1529, a group of early Protestants leaders — foremost among them, Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli — …

It remembers Martin Luther and the central role he played in the reform movement that split the western church of Rome. Today, United Methodists celebrate Reformation Day with a sense of moving toward unity and community.

2015年6月25日 · During a dark night of the soul, they both found assurance of God’s grace in a reading of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. Those are just two similarities in the life stories of John Wesley, Methodism’s founder, and Martin Luther, arguably the …

Reformation Day is October 31 of every year. That is the day in 1517 when Dr. Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. It was Luther's act that caused the initial furor that resulted in the Reformation.

2017年8月14日 · Luther challenged the church teaching that taking priestly vows was God’s highest calling. Instead, he taught that every person—butcher, baker, or homemaker—is called by God. So when United Methodists say that every person, whether lay or clergy, is called to ministry, they are echoing Luther.