Elective course

Methodist and Nazarene Polity, Worship, and Sacraments

Interim elective written from within the Methodist, Wesleyan and Nazarene tradition.

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About the course

• Author: Dr. Wayne Cook
• Languages: English, Spanish, and French.
• Units: 10
• Counts toward: Certificate of Ministry; Associate of Divinity; Master of Theology (Th.M.); Master of Divinity (M.Div.). These are internal ministry recognitions, not official degrees.
• Textbook: The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1798), with Notes by Coke and Asbury
• Required readings: Methodist and Nazarene Polity, Worship, and Sacraments: Required Readings

Units

1. 1. Unit 1 - Connectionalism: Why Methodists Are Connected
2. 2. Unit 2 - Conferences, Superintendents and Bishops
3. 3. Unit 3 - The Nazarene and Wesleyan Pattern: Districts, General Superintendents, and Local Boards
4. 4. Unit 4 - Ordained Ministry: Elders, Deacons, Local Pastors, and the Call
5. 5. Unit 5 - The Local Church: Membership, Classes, and Lay Leadership
6. 6. Unit 6 - Wesleyan Worship: The Lord's Day Service and the Hymns of Charles Wesley
7. 7. Unit 7 - Baptism in the Wesleyan Tradition: Infant Baptism, Believer's Baptism, and the Baptist Objections
8. 8. Unit 8 - The Lord's Supper as a Means of Grace
9. 9. Unit 9 - Love Feasts, Watch Night, the Covenant Service, and Revival Services
10. 10. Unit 10 - Women in Wesleyan Ministry