• Welcome to UM101
   

• The benefit to you
   

• Why an introductory course?
   

• What do people look for in a church?
   

• Who are the people called United Methodists
   

• The United Methodist Church at a glance
   

• Wesleyan Heritage
   

• Quiz

• John Wesley, the founder of Methodism
   
• Methodist, the name that stuck
   
• Trip to America, mixed results
   
• Moravian influence
   
• A heart ‘strangely warmed’
   
• Transformation, emphasis of movement
   
• Methodists move to the colonies in America
   
• The Circuit Rider
   
• The importance of music
   
• Summary
   
• Quiz

• The underlying energy
   
• Spreading Scriptural Holiness
   
• Distinctive Wesleyan emphases
   
• The Book of Discipline, more than rules
   
• Doctrine and living linked
   
• Wesleyan Quadrilateral
   
• Social Principles
   
• Becoming a member
   
• Baptism
   
• Communion
   
• Summary
   
• Quiz

• A central emphasis on connectionalism
   
• Decentralization of power
   
• The local church
   
• The annual conference
   
• Annual clergy appointment
   
• General Conference
   
• Bishops
   
• Churchwide agencies
   
• Giving is part of connectionalism
   
• Special funding opportunities
   
• World Service Fund, heart of United Methodist presence
   
• The Advance Specials support projects worldwide
   
• Summary
   
• Quiz

• Liberals and conservatives in the same house
   
• Homosexuality, past and current issue
   
• Healing the effects of racism
   
• Membership and attendance challenge
   
• Efforts to better serve our brothers and sisters
   
• Issues discussed
   
• Summary
   
• Quiz
   
• Final Exam

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