This is a required course for LMCs (Local Ministerial Candidates) in the Free Methodist Church.
Class dates are: January 28, March 4, & April 15, 2023
Free Methodist History & Polity
Spring 2023
Saturday, 10am-4pm
In-person sessions at the Genesis Center in N Chili
Instructor: Pam Braman
Required texts:
The Book of Discipline 2019: FMCUSA
Snyder, Howard. (2011). B.T. and Ellen Roberts and the First Free Methodists. Ed. Runyon, Daniel. Indianapolis: Light and Life.
Recommended Resources:
Dayton, Donald. (2014). Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage: A Tradition and Trajectory of Integrating Piety and Justice. Grand Rapids: Baker Academics.
Henderson, D. Michael. (1997). John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples. Wilmore, KY: Rafiki. Also published as: A Model for Making Disciples: John Wesley’s Class Meeting
McKenna, David. (1997). Future with a History: The Wesleyan Witness of the Free Methodist Church, 1960-1995. Indianapolis: Light and Life. Free download: https://place.asburyseminary.edu/freemethodistbooks/19/ To purchase: https://freemethodistbooks.com/product/a-future-with-a-history
Marston, Leslie. (2009). From Age to Age a Living Witness: Free Methodism’s First Century. Indianapolis: Light and Life. Free download: https://place.asburyseminary.edu/freemethodistbooks/21/ To purchase: https://freemethodistbooks.com/product/from-age-to-age-a- living-witness-free-methodisms-first-century
Roberts, Benson H. Holiness Teachings: The Life and Work of B. T. Roberts. Free download: https://ccel.org/ccel/roberts_bh/holiness
Roberts, B. T. (1992). Ordaining Women. Indianapolis: Light and Life. Free download: https://place.asburyseminary.edu/freemethodistbooks/17/ To purchase: https://freemethodistbooks.com/product/ordaining-women- biblical-and-historical-insights
Synder, Howard. (2006). Populist Saints: B.T. And Ellen Roberts and the First Free Methodists. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Free download: https://place.asburyseminary.edu/freemethodistbooks/17/ To purchase: https://freemethodistbooks.com/product/populist-saints-b-t-and- ellen-roberts-and-the-first-free-methodists