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The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out it's discipleship in worship and mission.
Worship in the Methodist Church is expressed in many ways. In worship the Church
- gives praise to God in Christ through the Spirit - opens itself to God's transforming love - receives and reflects on the gospel of God's ways in the world - offers itself to share in God's costly action in the world.
Methodism endorses many dimensions and methods of Christian mission. In particular it affirms that mission includes:
- telling the good news of Jesus - calling people to faith in Jesus Christ and to Christian discipleship - caring for individual people and communities - sharing the task of education and social and spiritual development - struggling for a just world - being along side the poor - becoming friends with people of different cultures and faiths - caring for the earth - building partnerships with other churches and other groups who share some of our mission aims. |
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THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH |
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The URC is a union of .…
the Congregational Church in England and Wales the Presbyterian Church of England (united in 1972)
the Re-formed Association of Churches of Christ (joined in 1981)
the Congregational Union of Scotland (joined in 2000) |
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The URC stands in the reformed tradition of Christian faith, believes in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit;
finds the supreme authority for faith and conduct by the guidance of the Spirit in the Word of God in the Bible;
looks to be continually renewed and reformed so as to fulfil its mission of witness and service in the name of Jesus Christ;
practices both infant and believer's baptism and celebrates the Lord's Supper;
recognises the ministry of God's people: all the members serving in the world and through the church, in particular: ministers of Word and Sacrament, elders, lay preachers, church related community workers, and workers from partner churches. |
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THE METHODIST CHURCH |
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Deanway United Church |