FAQs about Discipleship Bands
A discipleship band is for anyone who desires to grow in love for God and neighbor. It is for those desiring to share life on a deeper level with a few others.
Salvation and Community (Introduction to Band Meetings)
Jesus connects the mission of the church, the reception of the Holy Spirit, and forgiveness. He makes forgiveness what the church, the community of disciples, does in the world.
Everyday Self-Denial and Cross-Bearing
To deny ourselves would be to deny those basic worldly, sinful impulses that seem so attractive to us on their surface.
Salvation in the Wesleyan Tradition (Introduction to Band Meetings)
Forgiveness is reconciliation, the beginning of intimacy with God. That relationship saves us, by degrees, to become the love that has saved us.
Salvation as Light, Order, and the Abundant Life (Introduction to Band Meetings)
Most of us spend our lives trying to search out the dimmest light. We want to be noticed, but not too clearly. Watch the video of Scott Kisker and Kevin Watson discussing the band meeting.
Four Steps in Our Journey of Salvation
The process of restoration begins with us as we are, but it doesn't leave us there. Read more from Scott Kisker as he describes the journey of salvation.
Wesleyan-Arminianism is a God-Centered, Not Human-Centered Theology
The charge is sometimes laid at Wesleyan-Arminianism that it is a human-centered theology. In today's Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Joshua McNall helps clarify the origin of salvation and how this illuminates the character of God.
Banding Together Again (Introduction to Band Meetings)
Could it be that the problem facing the church is much larger and more significant than has typically been realized? Maybe the simplest way to put it is that we are all addicts.
Loving God with an Undivided Heart
The lingering threat of becoming nothing more than a dead sect is ever before us. We need a recovery of holiness of heart and life, the antidote of the relativism that is the operative dynamic of our culture.
The Problem with Attractional Worship Services
In today's Seven Minute Seminary video, Dr. Steven Bruns looks back to history in order to discover the models used by the church during some of the church's most vibrant eras.
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