>>The power of genuine Christianity was displayed no more effectively than in the early years of Methodism. It remained a force for the conversion of souls to God for nearly 200 years until the scourge of leftists came into
the fold and corrupted its soul.
>>Today Methodism is less than a shell of its former Christian mission. It is a derelict, drunk on its once great power, offering a thin gruel of corrupted institutionalism instead of the ministry of Christ.
I often think about exactly what you said. The “Method” of Methodism is the most powerful way to follow Christ. It is the reason for the Methodist revival.
But, the Arminian theology made it too weak to withstand the onslaught of 20th century Progressivism.
I left the UMC for political and theological reasons, but I look to the orthopraxy of the Methodists, especially the pre-UMC Methodists, and wish that I could find a Methodist Reformed Church.
I have struggled to find a church that is at the root of the church in which I was raised - filled with the Spirit, disciplined by Christ, saved by his blood, and in service to the world.
Sadly I have found bits and pieces but not the whole scriptural church. I am of the opinion it cannot exist as an institution.
The power of early Methodism was its resistance to Anglicization. It refused to be defined as an institution. the modern UMC has gone over to the dark side. It does not resemble Wesleyanism or even the church of my childhood where my father pastored.
We may not see another Asbury or Charles and John in our lifetime. The restoration of the true church of Christ will require just such men.