John Wesley na Historia ya Umethodisti — Sehemu ya 10: Familia ya Wesley Leo na Mustakabali WakeJohn Wesley and the History of Methodism — Unit 10: The Wesleyan Family Today and Its Future

Mstari MkuuKey Verse

"Na mambo yale uliyoyasikia kwangu mbele ya mashahidi wengi, haya uwakabidhi watu waaminifu watakaofaa kuwafundisha na wengine." (2 Timotheo 2:2, SUV)"And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." (2 Timothy 2:2, NKJV)

Malengo ya KujifunzaLearning Objectives

Utakapomaliza kipindi hiki, unapaswa kuweza:When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. Kutaja makundi makuu ya familia ya Wesley leo na kutofautisha makanisa ya Wesley-Utakatifu na makanisa makubwa ya Kimethodisti.1. Name the main bodies of the Wesleyan family today and distinguish the Wesleyan-Holiness churches from the larger Methodist churches.

2. Kueleza World Methodist Council na kueleza jinsi Mwesley wa kihafidhina anavyoweza kushiriki katika ushirika mpana bila kuacha mafundisho.2. Describe the World Methodist Council and explain how a conservative Wesleyan can take part in wider fellowship without giving up doctrine.

3. Kuorodhesha alama zinazoishikilia familia ya Wesley pamoja, bila kujali mpangilio wake.3. List the marks that hold the Wesleyan family together, whatever its organization.

4. Kutaja hatari tatu zinazokabili mapokeo, na kueleza jinsi wanahistoria wanavyoeleza kupungua mahali pengine na ukuaji mahali pengine.4. State three dangers that the tradition faces, and explain how historians account for decline in some places and growth in others.

5. Kueleza ahadi tano zinazoweza kumwongoza mchungaji wa Kiwesley katika miaka ijayo.5. Describe five commitments that can guide a Wesleyan pastor in the years ahead.

Sauti ya Kozi HiiThe Voice of This Course

Kozi hii imeandikwa kutoka ndani ya mapokeo ya Wesley, kwa wanafunzi walio ndani yake. Ni ya kihafidhina na ya kiinjili. Inaposema "sisi" au "mapokeo yetu," inamaanisha makanisa ya Kimethodisti na ya Wesley-Utakatifu yanayoshikilia kwamba Biblia ni Neno la Mungu, yanayofundisha wokovu kwa wote kwa neema kwa njia ya imani, na yanayomwita kila mwamini kwenye utakatifu. Wakristo wengine na wanahistoria wengi wanaona mambo fulani kwa njia tofauti. Tunaeleza mitazamo yao kwa haki kisha tunatoa jibu letu. Katika kipindi hiki cha mwisho tunatazama familia ilipo na inakoweza kwenda. Tunazungumza kwa tumaini, na pia kwa uaminifu juu ya udhaifu wetu.This course is written from inside the Wesleyan tradition, for students who belong to it. It is conservative and evangelical. When it says "we" or "our tradition," it means the Methodist and Wesleyan-Holiness churches that hold the Bible to be the Word of God, teach salvation for all by grace through faith, and call every believer to holiness. Other Christians and many historians see some matters differently. We state their views fairly and then give our answer. In this last unit we look at where the family stands and where it may go. We speak with hope, and also with honesty about our weaknesses.

Kutazama NyumaLooking Back

Kabla ya kutazama mbele, tukumbuke barabara tuliyosafiri. Katika Kipindi cha 1 tuliuliza watu wanaoitwa Wamethodisti ni akina nani. Katika Vipindi vya 2 na 3 tuliifuata familia ya Wesley, Holy Club, na uzoefu wa 1738 huko Aldersgate. Katika Kipindi cha 4 tulijifunza kuhubiri mashambani, jumuiya, madarasa na vikundi vya kuungama. Katika Kipindi cha 5 tuliwaona Charles Wesley, Whitefield na mzozo wa Wakalvini na Waarminiani. Katika Kipindi cha 6 tulivuka hadi Marekani pamoja na Asbury na wahubiri wa mizunguko. Katika Kipindi cha 7 tulifuata vuguvugu la Utakatifu na makanisa mapya. Katika Kipindi cha 8 tulijifunza juu ya Umethodisti wa Waafrika-Waamerika na wa Amerika ya Kusini na Afrika. Katika Kipindi cha 9 tulisimulia hadithi yenye maumivu ya mgawanyiko wa karibuni. Katika kipindi hiki tunaitazama familia kama ilivyo leo.Before we look ahead, let us recall the road we have traveled. In Unit 1 we asked who the people called Methodists are. In Units 2 and 3 we followed the Wesley family, the Holy Club, and the experience of 1738 at Aldersgate. In Unit 4 we studied field preaching, societies, classes and bands. In Unit 5 we saw Charles Wesley, Whitefield and the Calvinist and Arminian controversy. In Unit 6 we crossed to America with Asbury and the circuit riders. In Unit 7 we followed the Holiness movement and the new churches. In Unit 8 we learned of African American Methodism and of Methodism in Latin America and Africa. In Unit 9 we told the painful story of recent division. In this unit we look at the family as it is today.

Familia ya Wesley LeoThe Wesleyan Family Today

Neno "Wesleyan" linaeleza makanisa yanayofuatilia mizizi yao kwa John Wesley na kushiriki mafundisho yake makuu: upendo wa Mungu kwa wote, wokovu kwa neema kwa njia ya imani, kuzaliwa upya, uhakika wa wokovu, na ukuaji katika utakatifu. Makanisa haya yanaweza kuwekwa katika makundi. Makundi yanaingiliana, na tunayaeleza kama historia inavyoyaonyesha.The word "Wesleyan" describes churches that trace their roots to John Wesley and share his main teachings: God's love for all, salvation by grace through faith, the new birth, assurance, and growth in holiness. These churches can be placed in groups. The groups overlap, and we describe them as history shows them.

Makanisa ya Wesley-Utakatifu. Haya yanajumuisha Church of the Nazarene, The Wesleyan Church na Free Methodist Church. Yametokana na vuguvugu la Utakatifu la Kipindi cha 7, na yanafundisha utakaso kamili kama kazi ya pili ya neema.The Wesleyan-Holiness churches. These include the Church of the Nazarene, The Wesleyan Church and the Free Methodist Church. They come from the Holiness movement of Unit 7, and they teach entire sanctification as a second work of grace.

Makanisa makubwa ya Kimethodisti. Haya yanajumuisha The United Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, na makanisa mengi ya Kimethodisti Afrika, Asia, Ulaya na Amerika. Katika baadhi ya makundi haya, mafundisho ya zamani ya Wesley yanashikiliwa kwa uthabiti. Katika mengine, kama Kipindi cha 9 kilivyosimulia, kuna tofauti kubwa juu ya Maandiko na mafundisho. Methodist Church of Mexico na kanisa la Kimethodisti huko Cuba, kama Kipindi cha 8 kilivyosema, hujitawala.The larger Methodist churches. These include The United Methodist Church, the Global Methodist Church, and the many Methodist churches in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. In some of these bodies, the older Wesleyan doctrine is firmly held. In others, as Unit 9 told, there are deep differences about Scripture and doctrine. The Methodist Church of Mexico and the Methodist church in Cuba, as Unit 8 said, govern themselves.

Makanisa ya kihistoria ya Kimethodisti ya Weusi. Haya ni African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, na Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Yanashikilia urithi wa Kimethodisti pamoja na historia yake ya mapambano na imani.The historic Black Methodist churches. These are the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. They hold the Methodist heritage with its own history of struggle and faith.

Hatudai kwamba kila moja ya makundi haya lingekubaliana na kila msimamo wa kozi hii. Lakini yote yanamtazama Wesley na mizizi miwili ya vuguvugu lake: Biblia na uzoefu wa neema.We do not claim that every one of these bodies would agree with every position of this course. But all of them look to Wesley and to the two roots of his movement: the Bible and the experience of grace.

Ushirika katika Familia NzimaFellowship Across the Family

Mwaka 1881 Ecumenical Methodist Conference (Mkutano wa Kimethodisti wa Kiekumene) ulikutana London, ukiwaleta pamoja Wamethodisti kutoka nchi kadhaa. Hili lilipelekea kwa wakati kuundwa kwa World Methodist Council (Baraza la Ulimwengu la Kimethodisti), linalokusanya makanisa ya Kimethodisti na yanayohusiana kote duniani kwa ushirika na ushuhuda wa pamoja. Mwaka 2006 Baraza lilithibitisha Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (Tamko la Pamoja juu ya Fundisho la Kuhesabiwa Haki), makubaliano yaliyofikiwa kwanza na Walutheri na Wakatoliki wa Roma, likisema kwamba wokovu ni kwa neema, unapokelewa kwa imani.In 1881 an Ecumenical Methodist Conference met in London, bringing together Methodists from several countries. This led over time to the World Methodist Council, which brings together Methodist and related churches around the world for fellowship and common witness. In 2006 the Council affirmed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, an agreement first reached by Lutherans and Roman Catholics, saying that salvation is by grace, received by faith.

PingamiziThe objection

Baadhi ya Wakristo wahafidhina wana wasiwasi juu ya ushirika mpana kama huo. Wanauliza kama unafifisha mstari kati ya wale wanaoshikilia injili kwa uthabiti na wale wasioshikilia, na kama makubaliano juu ya maneno ya tamko la pamoja yanaweza kuficha tofauti halisi kati ya makanisa yanayolitia sahihi.Some conservative Christians worry about such wide fellowship. They ask whether it blurs the line between those who hold the gospel firmly and those who do not, and whether agreement on the wording of a joint statement can hide real differences between the churches that sign it.

Jibu letuOur answer

Wasiwasi huo ni wa haki. Ushirika si sawa na makubaliano. Wesley mwenyewe alizungumza juu ya "catholic spirit" (roho ya ulimwengu mzima), yaani upendo kwa wote wanaompenda Bwana, hata tunapotofautiana katika maoni na desturi. Hakusema kwamba kila fundisho ni maoni tu. Kwa hiyo tunashiriki katika ushirika mpana kwa ajili ya ushuhuda wa pamoja, sala na huduma, na tunasema wazi tunasimama wapi. Tunafurahia makubaliano juu ya neema na imani, na tunaendelea kufundisha fundisho zima la Kiwesley la uhakika wa wokovu, utakatifu na maisha ya mwamini. Ekumene inayogharimu ukweli haistahili jina lake. Ukweli unaoshikiliwa bila upendo haustahili jina lake pia.The worry is fair. Fellowship is not the same as agreement. Wesley himself spoke of a "catholic spirit," which is love toward all who love the Lord, even when we differ in opinions and practices. He did not say that every doctrine is only an opinion. We therefore take part in wider fellowship for the sake of common witness, prayer and service, and we state clearly where we stand. We rejoice in the agreement on grace and faith, and we continue to teach the whole Wesleyan doctrine of assurance, holiness and the believer's life. Ecumenism that costs the truth is not worth its name. Truth held without love is not worth its name either.

Kinachotushikilia PamojaWhat Holds Us Together

Ikiwa familia ya Wesley ina matawi mengi, wana nini cha pamoja? Tunataja alama saba, ambazo Kozi ya 2 na Kozi ya 3 zitazisoma kwa undani.If the Wesleyan family has many branches, what do they have in common? We name seven marks, which Course 2 and Course 3 will study in detail.

1. Mamlaka ya Maandiko. Biblia ni kanuni ya mwisho ya imani na maisha. Wesley alijiita mtu wa kitabu kimoja.1. The authority of Scripture. The Bible is the final rule of faith and life. Wesley called himself a man of one book.

2. Neema kwa wote. Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya kila mtu, na neema humtangulia kila moyo.2. Grace for all. Christ died for every person, and grace goes before every heart.

3. Wokovu kwa imani. Tunahesabiwa haki kwa imani, tunazaliwa upya, na tunaweza kujua kwamba sisi ni watoto wa Mungu.3. Salvation by faith. We are justified by faith, born again, and may know that we are children of God.

4. Utakatifu. Mungu anakusudia kuwafanya watu wake watakatifu katika moyo na katika maisha. Waebrania 12:14 yasema, "Fuateni amani katika watu wote, na utakatifu, ambao pasipo huo hakuna mtu atakayemwona Bwana."4. Holiness. God means to make His people holy in heart and life. Hebrews 12:14 says, "Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord."

5. Vikundi vidogo. Mikutano ya madarasa, vikundi vya kuungama na vikundi kama hivyo kwa ajili ya kutunzana na uwajibikaji.5. Small groups. Class meetings, bands and similar groups for mutual care and accountability.

6. Kuimba na sakramenti. Nyimbo za Charles Wesley, ubatizo, na Meza ya Bwana.6. Singing and the sacraments. The hymns of Charles Wesley, baptism, and the Lord's Supper.

7. Utume na huruma. Msimamo kwamba ulimwengu ni parokia yetu. Wesley aliandika katika Journal yake mwaka 1739 kwamba aliuona ulimwengu wote kuwa parokia yake. Wafuasi wake wanahubiri injili na kuwatunza maskini, wagonjwa na watumwa.7. Mission and compassion. The conviction that the world is our parish. Wesley wrote in his Journal in 1739 that he looked upon all the world as his parish. His followers preach the gospel and care for the poor, the sick and the enslaved.

Hatari TatuThree Dangers

Kutegemea maumbo bila nguvuDependence on forms without power

Wesley aliandika mwaka 1786, katika Thoughts upon Methodism, kwamba aliogopa kidogo kwamba Umethodisti ungekoma kuwapo kuliko kwamba ungeendelea tu kama kanisa lenye umbo la dini bila nguvu yake. Paulo alionya juu ya wale "wenye mfano wa utauwa, lakini wakikana nguvu zake" (2 Timotheo 3:5). Kanisa laweza kudumisha majengo, jina na programu na kupoteza moto. Hii ndiyo hatari ya kwanza.Wesley wrote in 1786, in Thoughts upon Methodism, that he feared less that Methodism would cease to exist than that it would continue only as a church with the form of religion but without its power. Paul warned of those "having a form of godliness but denying its power" (2 Timothy 3:5). A church may keep the buildings, the name and the programs and lose the fire. This is the first danger.

Kupotea kwa kikundi kidogoLoss of the small group

Watu wa Wesley walikua katika utakatifu kwa sababu walikutana katika madarasa na vikundi vya kuungama kusema kwa uaminifu juu ya maisha yao. Katika maeneo mengi, mkutano wa darasa umepotea. Matokeo yake ni kanisa la wasikilizaji wasiojuana. Bila vikundi vidogo, fundisho la utakatifu linakuwa fundisho tu.Wesley's people grew in holiness because they met in classes and bands to speak honestly of their lives. In many places, the class meeting has been lost. The result is a church of listeners who do not know one another. Without small groups, the doctrine of holiness becomes only a doctrine.

Kutekwa na utamaduniCaptivity to culture

Kanisa laweza kutekwa na roho ya zama, iwe kupitia shinikizo la utamaduni unaolizunguka au kupitia kishawishi cha kujitambulisha tu kwa kile linachopinga. Jibu la Kiwesley ni kuumbwa na Maandiko na Roho, na kushikilia ukweli kwa upendo kwa wote. Makanisa ya Utakatifu pia yamelazimika kujilinda dhidi ya kanuni zisizo na upendo, mada ya Kozi ya 3.A church may be captured by the spirit of the age, whether through the pressure of the culture around it or through the temptation to define itself only by what it opposes. The Wesleyan answer is to be shaped by Scripture and by the Spirit, and to hold to truth with love for all. The Holiness churches have also had to guard against rules without love, a theme of Course 3.

Kwa Nini Wengine Hupungua na Wengine HukuaWhy Some Decline and Others Grow

Wanahistoria hutoa sababu kadhaa kwa nini makanisa ya Kimethodisti katika nchi fulani yamepungua ilhali makanisa ya Wesley na ya Utakatifu katika nchi nyingine yamekua. Wengine wanaonyesha kuenea kwa mawazo ya kilimwengu katika jamii za Magharibi, familia ndogo, na mabadiliko katika jinsi watu wanavyochagua makanisa yao. Wengine wanaonyesha kupotea kwa mkutano wa darasa na kudhoofika kwa mafundisho na nidhamu. Wengine wanaonyesha uhai wa makanisa Afrika, Amerika ya Kusini na Asia, ambapo imani mara nyingi ni imani ya wachache na yenye gharama.Historians offer several reasons why Methodist churches in some countries have shrunk while Wesleyan and Holiness churches in other lands have grown. Some point to the secularization of Western societies, to smaller families, and to changes in how people choose their churches. Some point to the loss of the class meeting and the weakening of doctrine and discipline. Others point to the vitality of churches in Africa, Latin America and Asia, where the faith is often a minority faith and a costly one.

Tunadhani kila moja ya maelezo haya lina ukweli fulani, nasi tunakawia kudai sababu moja. Lakini tunashikilia kwamba sababu kuu ya upya ni ya kiroho. Pale Maandiko yanapohubiriwa, pale watu wanapoitwa kutubu na kujazwa upendo, pale vikundi vidogo vinapoundwa, na pale maskini wanapotumikiwa, Roho hutoa uzima. Hii ilikuwa siri ya Wamethodisti wa kwanza. Hatutoi takwimu hapa, kwa sababu makadirio hutofautiana na hubadilika. Lakini kitovu cha familia ya Wesley kimekuwa kikihamia nchi za kusini, zikiwemo Afrika na Amerika ya Kusini, na mustakabali wa familia utaumbwa huko. Wanafunzi wa CTS ni sehemu ya mustakabali huo.We think each of these explanations has some truth, and we are slow to claim a single cause. But we hold that the principal reason for renewal is spiritual. Where Scripture is preached, where people are called to repent and to be filled with love, where small groups form, and where the poor are served, the Spirit gives life. This was the secret of the first Methodists. We give no figures here, because estimates differ and change. But the center of the Wesleyan family has been moving toward the lands of the south, including Africa and Latin America, and the future of the family will be shaped there. Students at CTS are part of that future.

Pingamizi: Je, Familia Iliyogawanyika Inaweza Kutumikia?Objection: Is a Divided Family Able to Serve?

Wengine wanasema kwamba familia ya Wesley imegawanyika mno kuweza kusema kwa sauti moja, na kwamba mustakabali wake kwa hiyo ni dhaifu.Some say that the Wesleyan family is too fragmented to speak with one voice, and that its future is therefore weak.

Jibu letu. Hatujifanyi kwamba mgawanyiko ni mzuri. Lakini familia inaweza kuwa moja katika Kristo bila kuwa moja katika mpangilio. Makanisa yanayoshikilia Maandiko yale yale na mafundisho yale yale yanaweza kuomba pamoja, kushiriki walimu na kutuma wamisionari pamoja. Katika kitabu cha Matendo makanisa yalikuwa mengi, hata hivyo yalikuwa moja katika mafundisho ya mitume (Matendo 2:42). Jambo muhimu zaidi ni kwamba kila tawi libaki mwaminifu kwa injili, ili familia iwe na afya.Our answer. We do not pretend that division is good. But a family can be one in Christ without being one in organization. Churches that hold the same Scripture and the same doctrine can pray together, share teachers and send missionaries together. In the book of Acts the churches were many, yet they were one in the apostles' teaching (Acts 2:42). What matters most is that each branch stay faithful to the gospel, so that the family is healthy.

Ahadi Tano kwa Miaka IjayoFive Commitments for the Years Ahead

1. Maandiko kwanza. Yasome, yahubiri, yakariri. Pima kila wazo kwa hayo.1. Scripture first. Read it, preach it, memorize it. Test every idea by it.

2. Hubiri njia nzima ya wokovu. Hubiri toba, imani, kuzaliwa upya, uhakika wa wokovu na utakatifu, si sehemu tu.2. Preach the whole way of salvation. Preach repentance, faith, new birth, assurance and holiness, not a part only.

3. Jenga upya kikundi kidogo. Katika kila kanisa, unda madarasa au vikundi ambapo waumini huomba, huungama, hutiana moyo na hukua.3. Rebuild the small group. In every church, form classes or groups where believers pray, confess, encourage and grow.

4. Lea viongozi. Fuata 2 Timotheo 2:2. Wafunze wanaume na wanawake waaminifu watakaofundisha wengine, ili kazi isitegemee mchungaji mmoja.4. Raise leaders. Follow 2 Timothy 2:2. Train faithful men and women who will teach others, so that the work does not depend on one pastor.

5. Wahudumie maskini na useme kweli kwa upendo. Maisha matakatifu ya moyo yanapaswa kuonekana katika huruma na haki kwa maskini, wagonjwa na walioonewa.5. Serve the poor and speak the truth in love. The holy life of the heart should appear in compassion and justice for the poor, the sick and the oppressed.

Tunaongeza ya sita, ambayo ni roho na si programu: roho ya ulimwengu mzima (catholic spirit) kwa Wakristo wengine, kwa upendo kwa wote wanaompenda Bwana, na uaminifu kwa ukweli.We add a sixth, which is a spirit and not a program: a catholic spirit toward other Christians, with love for all who love the Lord, and loyalty to the truth.

Neno kwa Wachungaji wa Amerika ya Kusini na AfrikaA Word to Pastors in Latin America and Africa

Wengi wenu mnahudumu mahali ambapo makanisa ya Kimethodisti na ya Utakatifu ni madogo, na ambapo imani inaweza kuwagharimu kitu. Baadhi ya makanisa yenu yalianza na wamisionari wa kigeni, kama Kipindi cha 8 kilivyoeleza, lakini ninyi si wageni tena katika familia ya Wesley. Ninyi ni viongozi ndani yake. Mambo matatu yanafaa kusemwa.Many of you serve in places where Methodist and Holiness churches are small, and where the faith may cost you something. Some of your churches began with foreign missionaries, as Unit 8 explained, but you are no longer guests in the Wesleyan family. You are leaders in it. Three things are worth saying.

Kwanza, hamhitaji jengo kubwa wala bajeti kubwa ili kutenda njia ya Wesley. Wamethodisti wa kwanza walikutana katika nyumba, mashamba na kumbi walizokopa. Mkutano wa darasa hauhitaji chochote isipokuwa wakati na upendo.First, you do not need a large building or a large budget to practice the Wesleyan way. The first Methodists met in homes, fields and borrowed halls. A class meeting costs nothing but time and love.

Pili, mnaweza kuwafundisha watu wenu wenyewe kwa lugha yenu wenyewe. Mahubiri ya Wesley na nyimbo za Charles Wesley ziliandikwa ili zieleweke na watu wa kawaida. Wafundisheni kwa urahisi, kama Wesley alivyofanya, na watu wenu wataelewa.Second, you can teach your own people in your own language. Wesley's sermons and Charles Wesley's hymns were written to be understood by ordinary people. Teach them simply, as Wesley did, and your people will understand.

Tatu, mnaweza kutuma pamoja na kupokea. Kanisa katika kijiji kimoja linaweza kumtuma mhubiri mlei kwa kijiji kijacho, kama wahubiri wa mizunguko walivyofanya zamani. Bwana aliyemwita Freeman kwenda Gold Coast na Allen kwenda Philadelphia anaweza kuwaita watu kutoka kutaniko lenu wenyewe kubeba injili mbali zaidi.Third, you are able to send as well as receive. A church in one village can send a lay preacher to the next, as the circuit riders once did. The Lord who called Freeman to the Gold Coast and Allen to Philadelphia can call people from your own congregation to carry the gospel farther.

Matumizi ya KichungajiPastoral Application

Mchungaji kijana katika mji mdogo anaongoza kanisa la watu thelathini hivi. Hakuna kanisa la Wesley karibu, naye anahisi kutengwa. Anauliza, "Naweza kuifanyaje njia ya Wesley iendelee kuwa hai hapa?"A young pastor in a small town leads a church of about thirty people. No Wesleyan church is nearby, and he feels isolated. He asks, "How can I keep the Wesleyan way alive here?"

Kwanza, anapaswa kusoma Maandiko na mahubiri machache ya Wesley pamoja na viongozi wake, ili watu wajue wanachoamini. Pili, anapaswa kuanzisha mkutano mmoja wa darasa, wenye kikundi kidogo cha watu wazima wanne hadi kumi wanaokutana kila wiki kuomba, kushiriki jinsi wanavyotembea na Bwana, na kutiana moyo. Tatu, anapaswa kuchagua mtu mmoja au wawili waaminifu na kuwafunza kuongoza, akifuata 2 Timotheo 2:2. Nne, anapaswa kuimba nyimbo za Charles Wesley na kudumisha Meza ya Bwana mara kwa mara. Tano, anaweza kutafuta ushirika wa wachungaji wengine wa Kiwesley, hata kwa barua pepe, ili asiwe peke yake. Anaweza pia kuendelea kuwasiliana na CTS kwa njia hii. Sita, anapaswa kuwaombea watu wa mji wake kwa majina, na kuwaalika waje kusikia. Hapaswi kupima kazi yake kwa ukubwa wa umati. Kanisa linaweza kuwa dogo, lakini mfano ni ule ule ulioanzisha vuguvugu, na Bwana aliyewabariki watu wachache waliokutana Oxford na London anaweza kuwabariki watu wachache wanaokutana katika mji wake.First, he should read Scripture and a few of Wesley's sermons with his leaders, so that the people know what they believe. Second, he should begin one class meeting, with a small group of four to ten adults meeting weekly to pray, share how they are walking with the Lord, and encourage one another. Third, he should choose one or two faithful people and train them to lead, following 2 Timothy 2:2. Fourth, he should sing the hymns of Charles Wesley and keep the Lord's Supper regularly. Fifth, he can seek the fellowship of other Wesleyan pastors, even by email, so that he is not alone. He can also keep in touch with CTS in this way. Sixth, he should pray by name for the people of his town, and invite them to come and hear. He should not measure his work by the size of the crowd. The church may be small, but the pattern is the same one that began the movement, and the Lord who blessed a few people meeting in Oxford and in London can bless a few people meeting in his town.

MuhtasariSummary

Familia ya Wesley inajumuisha makanisa ya Wesley-Utakatifu (Nazarene, Wesleyan na Free Methodist), makanisa makubwa ya Kimethodisti, na makanisa ya kihistoria ya Kimethodisti ya Weusi. World Methodist Council inarudi kwenye Ecumenical Methodist Conference ya 1881, nalo lilithibitisha Joint Declaration on Justification mwaka 2006. Wawesley wahafidhina wanashiriki katika ushirika mpana huku wakisema mafundisho yao wazi. Familia inashikiliwa pamoja na Maandiko, neema kwa wote, wokovu kwa imani, utakatifu, vikundi vidogo, kuimba na sakramenti, na utume. Hatari tatu zinaitishia: maumbo bila nguvu, kupotea kwa kikundi kidogo, na kutekwa na utamaduni. Wanahistoria wanaeleza kupungua na ukuaji kwa njia kadhaa, na kitovu cha familia kinahamia Afrika, Amerika ya Kusini na Asia. Ahadi tano, Maandiko kwanza, njia nzima ya wokovu, vikundi vidogo, kulea viongozi, na huruma pamoja na ukweli, zinaweza kumwongoza mchungaji atakayehudumu katika miaka ijayo.The Wesleyan family includes the Wesleyan-Holiness churches (the Nazarene, Wesleyan and Free Methodist churches), the larger Methodist churches, and the historic Black Methodist churches. The World Methodist Council traces back to the Ecumenical Methodist Conference of 1881, and it affirmed the Joint Declaration on Justification in 2006. Conservative Wesleyans take part in wider fellowship while stating their doctrine clearly. The family is held together by Scripture, grace for all, salvation by faith, holiness, small groups, singing and the sacraments, and mission. Three dangers threaten it: forms without power, loss of the small group, and captivity to culture. Historians explain decline and growth in several ways, and the center of the family is moving toward Africa, Latin America and Asia. Five commitments, Scripture first, the whole way of salvation, small groups, raising leaders, and compassion with truth, can guide the pastor who will serve in the years ahead.

Usomaji ZaidiFurther Reading

• John Wesley, Thoughts upon Methodism (Mawazo juu ya Umethodisti) (1786).• John Wesley, Thoughts upon Methodism (1786).

• John Wesley, Sermons (Mahubiri), hasa "Catholic Spirit" (Roho ya Ulimwengu Mzima).• John Wesley, Sermons, especially "Catholic Spirit."

• John Wesley, Journal (Shajara).• John Wesley, Journal.

• Holiness Through the Ages (Utakatifu Katika Karne Zote), kitabu cha kiada cha CTS kwa Kozi ya 3.• Holiness Through the Ages, the CTS textbook for Course 3.

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