EVENT INFORMATION
New Faith Book Study Group
Faith Book Study - "Revival: Faith as Wesley Lived It" by Adam Hamilton
Tuesdays beginning April 7th | 7:00pm-8:30pm
Aldersgate UMC Church Library
Join Rev. Dr. Keary Kincannon for a 7 week study of Adam Hamilton's book "Revival: Faith As Wesley Lived It."
The study will follow the format of chapter review, video and discussion questions augmented by Rev. Kincannon's Doctor of Ministry studies on "John Wesley and the Poor." The class will begin on April 7th and run on Tuesday evenings until May 19th. It is sponsored by Aldersgate UMC & Ventures in Community.
Class/Book Description
18th Century English society was polarized. The Enlightenment led people to believe they no longer needed God. The rich struggled with materialism and the poor with lack of necessities. Into this world a priest and Oxford professor started preaching a simple message that invited people into a passionate faith that would unite the head, the heart, and the hands. By the time of Wesley's death over 800,000 Methodists had been inspired to reach out to the needy by starting soup kitchens, food pantries, free clinics, free schools, clothing closets, prison ministries in a revival of faith that changed England and America. Wesley's Methodist movement is credited by historians as the reason England did not suffer a revolution in this turbulent time in European history. Today we find ourselves in a world much like Wesley's, where faith is faltering and the gap between rich and poor widens.
What can we learn from Wesley that will revive our faith and bring healing to our nation?
Join Rev. Dr. Keary Kincannon for a 7 week study of Adam Hamilton's book "Revival: Faith As Wesley Lived It."
The study will follow the format of chapter review, video and discussion questions augmented by Rev. Kincannon's Doctor of Ministry studies on "John Wesley and the Poor." The class will begin on April 7th and run on Tuesday evenings until May 19th. It is sponsored by Aldersgate UMC & Ventures in Community.
Class/Book Description
18th Century English society was polarized. The Enlightenment led people to believe they no longer needed God. The rich struggled with materialism and the poor with lack of necessities. Into this world a priest and Oxford professor started preaching a simple message that invited people into a passionate faith that would unite the head, the heart, and the hands. By the time of Wesley's death over 800,000 Methodists had been inspired to reach out to the needy by starting soup kitchens, food pantries, free clinics, free schools, clothing closets, prison ministries in a revival of faith that changed England and America. Wesley's Methodist movement is credited by historians as the reason England did not suffer a revolution in this turbulent time in European history. Today we find ourselves in a world much like Wesley's, where faith is faltering and the gap between rich and poor widens.
What can we learn from Wesley that will revive our faith and bring healing to our nation?