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Methodist

By: Joseph Totherow and Austin Ryan. Methodist. Methodist in General. The Methodist religion is a branch of protestant religion, which is a part of the Catholic Church.

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Methodist

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  1. By: Joseph Totherow and Austin Ryan Methodist

  2. Methodist in General • The Methodist religion is a branch of protestant religion, which is a part of the Catholic Church. • Mission: Methodists believe that mission is witness to the God of grace, and that mission has four essential dimensions: Proclamation (proclaim the Gospel); Evangelism (invite people to personal decision for and commitment to Jesus Christ for their salvation); Incorporation (call persons to be incorporated into the Body of Christ); and Servanthood (serve as agents of God’s liberation and reconciling grace among the nations). • Scriptures: Use the bible-66 books or testaments, supernaturally inspired, Sola Fide—Methodists insist that reason is needed to read and interpret scripture as well as determine Christian witness • Baptism: ritual washing, in which you are “cleaned” of you’re sins. • Communion: "fellowship“ • Holy Days: Season of Advent: Advent marks the beginning of the church year.  The first day of Advent occurs four Sundays before Christmas Day (December 25). • Season of Christmas: Begins on Christmas Eve (December 24) and extends the 12 Days to the eve of Epiphany. • Ash Wednesday: The first day of Lent • Lent: Begins on Ash Wednesday - 40 days, plus Sundays, prior to Easter.  February or March. • Holy Week: The week immediately prior to Easter.  Begins with Palm Sunday, and includes Maundy (or Holy) Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday. • Easter Sunday: Calculated to fall on the Sunday following the first full moon following the Vernal (Spring) Equinox

  3. Season of Easter: The fifty days following Easter Sunday, ending on Pentecost. • Pentecost: The Sunday 50 days after Easter Sunday • Methodist is predominantly in America

  4. Birth, Birth Rituals and Baptism • When a Methodist is born they are believed to become reconciled to God and this enables them to serve him with the will and the affections. • Baptism is a sacrament, ritual. In a sacrament, God uses common elements — in this case, water — as means of divine grace. Baptism is administered by the church as the Body of Christ. It is the act of God through the grace of Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit, this sacrament makes the receiver a member of the Methodist Church. • There is no specific age for baptism to be preformed in a believers life.

  5. Death Rituals/ Afterlife • Prayers in the Home or Hospital after a Death • Funeral Service in a Church, a Crematorium, or a Cemetery, leading to Committal • A funeral Service at a Crematorium or Cemetery followed by a Service of Thanksgiving in Church • A Service for the Burial of Ashes • Methodist either go to Heaven or to Hell, depending on their life on Earth, so they do believe in an afterlife.

  6. Abortion • Beginning in the 1970’s the view of abortion was choice. • "We cannot affirm abortion as an acceptable means of birth control and we unconditionally reject it as a means of gender selection.“(1996 United Methodist Church’s Book of Discipline).

  7. Marriage Rituals and Customs • A celebration of the couples' unity and the ceremony often consists of a blend of traditional church elements such as scripture and prayer, and personal touches such as original vows. • You need a minister and at least one member of the couple must be a baptized Christian. You don’t have to be married in a church.

  8. Organ Donations • United Methodist Church issued a policy: • "The United Methodist Church recognizes the life-giving benefits of organ and tissue donation, and thereby encourages all Christians to become organ and tissue donors by signing and carrying cards or driver's licenses, attesting to their commitment of such organs upon their death, to those in need, as a part of their ministry to others in the name of Christ, who gave his life that we might have life in its fullness.”

  9. Religious Symbols

  10. Authority of Doctor • There are no restrictions for the doctor. • It doesn’t matter is the doctor is female or male. • Yes, but overdosing or using the drug for personal pleasure is looked down upon. • Yes, this religion doesn’t have any restrictions for patient care. Does it matter if the Doctor is male or female? Does the religion allow for the ingestion of medications/drugs for healing? Does the religion allow for blood/fluid transfusions? Or other medical procedures?

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