This volume is a collection of essays by leading United Methodist scholars about the implications of the revised orders of ministry in The United Methodist Chur

In Ordained Ministry in The United Methodist Church, author William B. Lawrence gives us a gift in this history of ordination in the Methodist tradition. From o

"Commissioned by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for use in United Methodist doctrine/polity/history courses." This in-depth analysis of the

Crain contends that the order of deacon clarifies that service and transformation of the world is at the center of the church's purpose and that leaders should