Title: To serve the present age : Methodism's quest to be faithful /
Authors: McCleary, Paul F.
Publisher: Xlibris Corp., c2009.
Year: 2009
Subjects: United Methodist Church (U.S.) History.
Contents: To serve the present age Methodism's quest to be faithful -- The elements in establishing Methodism in America -- Fertile ground for growth : the American colonies in the 1790s -- The nature of leadership in American Methodism : the Asburian episcopacy -- The nature of leadership in American Methodism : the search for a viable organizational model -- Slavery : the divisive issue : Methodism embroiled in racism -- Race : the divisive issue : committed to being an inclusive church -- Experiential theology, holiness, and the social gospel -- Transformation from within : a radical hope.