Methodist Faith

The Methodist faith is very much a part of the wider Christian faith and as such tries to work with other denominations as much as possible. However it is distinct in a variety of ways.

The traditional summary of Methodist teaching can be summarised as below:

"All need to be saved. All may be saved. All know themselves saved; all may be saved to the uttermost".

Methodists believe that salvation is available for anyone who opens themselves up to go and not merely for the chosen few.

Methodists rationalise that human beings in the modern world find themselves in a sinful, unjust and vicious world and that we may think ourselves helpless to alter this individually. It is the Methodist believes that we are driven by lust, greed and anger but that we do not wish these factors to influence our behaviour. We may have factors that influence these urges. Poverty, hardship, or just the demands of modern life may leave us overloaded and isolated and greedy. We may have personalities that are difficult to manage or influence.

Christian belief is that God has managed to break the power of all that is evil within ourselves and the outer world, though Jesus' resurrection on the cross. They believe that if they accept forgiveness and are accessibly by the Holy Spirit, that god can help us to try to resist the Holy Spirit and live our lives to the maximum.