Links
Tools to help facilitate the conversation about your church's future!
If you have other ideas to offer, we'd love to hear them! Please contact us at info@iowawca.org
Presentations and resource booklet from the recent "Here to There" events. The brief presentations cover a variety of topics including looking at our past and dreaming about our future; and the resource booklet includes articles and information for your reading and further discussion within your local church.
Helpful Online Websites
Wesleyan Covenant Association - Articles, Videos, and More from the Global WCA
Global Methodist Church - Explore the Mission, Strategies, and Identity of a possible new form of Methodism
UM News Service - United Methodist Church news
Seedbed - Online bookstore & Other Resources
People Need Jesus - Regularly Updated Blog from WCA leader Chris Ritter (pastor in Geneseo, IL)
Good News Magazine - Magazine & Online Resources from classical evangelical perspective
Firebrand Magazine - Online magazine focusing on scripture & the Wesleyan tradition
Transforming Congregations - Renewal ministry for the United Methodist Church
Confessing Movement - Renewal ministry for the United Methodist Church
UM Action - Renewal ministry for the United Methodist Church
Podcasts
Holy Conversations - A Wesleyan Covenant Association Podcast
Plain Truth - A Holy- Spirited Podcast
Book Suggestions
"A Firm Foundation" , by the Wesleyan Covenant Association
"Are We Really Better Together?" , by Rob Renfroe & Walter Fenton
"The Rise of Theological Liberalism & the Decline of American Methodism" , by James Heidinger
"The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert" , by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Videos
New Day Conference Speakers - Upper Midwest Gathering exploring the Global Methodist Church
WCA Beginnings - Opening video from the 2016 conference of the Wesleyan Covenant Association
"Choose this day whom you shall Serve" - Dr. Billy Abraham, Evangelical Fellowship of Virginia 2020
Contrasting Progressive Resources to Help Inform
Reconciling Ministries - Resistance Ministry for LGBTQ+ full inclusion
Love Prevails - LGBTQ+ Ministry focused on Disclose, Divest, Disrupt
Hacking Christianity - Progressive Blog from Rev. Jeremy Smith (Seattle, Washington)
Holy Kiss - Progressive Blog from Roger Wayne Wolsey
UM Queer Clergy Caucus - LGBTQ+ Clergy Ministry
Marriage Rites - LGBTQ+ Marriage Ministry