The Global Methodist Church exists to make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across the globe.
Trinity
God in three persons - Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Lordship
Jesus Christ as master and atoning savior
Authority
Scripture is the word of God for the people of God
Love
God’s gift of grace to and through His undeserving, grateful people
Through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, the Global Methodist Church envisions multiplying disciples of Jesus Christ throughout the earth who flourish in scriptural holiness as we worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly.
Communion & Baptism
As taught by the Wesleys, Methodists intentionally cultivate means of grace, ways that God’s grace may be experienced and shared. Among these means of grace are acts of piety (such as scripture reading, praying, and fasting), acts of mercy (such as acts of service, hospitality, and generosity), attending worship, and receiving communion. At CHMC, holy communion is served each Sunday.
Methodists believe that we are saved by grace through faith and are called by God even before we’re aware of it. For these reasons, Methodists baptize infants, children, and adults as an acknowledgement of God’s prevenient grace and an introduction to a life of faith that, with God’s help, can lead to salvation.
Confession of faith
We believe in the historic tenets of the Christian faith, as confessed in the Nicene and Apostles' creeds, and affirm original sin, mankind’s fall from grace, our utter drepavity, and our need for salvation. Our lives are not predestined. Wesleyan/Arminian theology affirms that all may be saved through Christ’s atoning sacrifice and that by God’s gracious gift of free will we may choose to receive that salvation through faith.
Learn more about our Wesleyan Heritage
The Methodist movement was started by brothers John and Charles Wesley almost 300 years ago as a revival within the Anglican/Episcopal church. Wesleyan theology emphasizes the grace of God experienced as prevenient (drawing us to Him), justifying (forgiving our sins and reconciling us to Him), sanctifying (moving toward Christ-like perfection), and glorifying (preparing us for the triumphal return and reign of Christ). Of particular importance to Methodists is the concept of moving on toward Christ-like perfection (Matthew 5:48), which means moving away from definitions of “who” we are to “whose” we are: disciples of Jesus Christ whose singular desire is to become more like Him that we may love one another as He has loved us.