Beyond Baptism: What Confirmation Means to United Methodists

Our Membership Vows in The United Methodist Church

Dr. Mark W. Stamm, Professor of Christian Worship at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas, has updated his pamphlet on Our Membership Vows. . .

Professing Membership: A Tale of Three Paragraphs (and a Judicial Council Decision)

How does someone become a professing member of The United Methodist Church? The United Methodist Book of Discipline offers a consistent stan. . .

Receiving Affiliate and Associate Members in a Local Congregation

Membership in local congregations of The United Methodist Church comes with four different labels. Baptized members are people who have been bap. . .