"I highly recommend Wesley Ministry Network courses as the perfect follow-up to DISCIPLE Bible study. The content is superb and the combination of print, video and Internet communication is dynamic."

-Bishop Richard B. Wilke
Founder of DISCIPLE

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Contact Wesley Ministry Network at
courses@wesleyministrynetwork.com for course components.

New Products Available: Methodist Identity Part I: Our Story
The Methodist Identity video series explains what it means to be Methodist.

The first course includes eight half-hour long presentations by leading Methodist scholars. Speakers describe the 18th-century Wesleyan revival in England and the growth of Methodism in the United States and around the world. Supplemental videos cover in more detail the rise of Methodism in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The course will benefit both lifelong Methodists and those coming to Methodism from other traditions. A study guide and supplemental presentations are included on CD-ROM.

The lessons include:


1. John and Charles Wesley: The Early Years – Paul Chilcote (28:15)
2. Methodist Beginnings: 1725-1737 – Amy Oden (30:33)
3. Aldersgate and Its Results: 1738 – Steve Rankin (15:09) Methodist History: 1739-1744 – Henry Knight (14:18)
4. Early Methodist Revival: 1740-1760 – Hoo-Jung Lee (14:09) Methodism in Britain: 1760-1791 – Peter Forsaith (15:47)
5. The Legacy of Charles Wesley – S. T. Kimbrough (25:00)
6. American Methodism: 1740s – 1860s – Douglas M. Strong (16:11) African Methodism in Early America – Dennis C. Dickerson (15:02)
7. The Holiness Movement and Missions – Steven O’Malley (13:34) Global Methodism – Robert Hunt (17:26)
8. Methodism and Social Holiness – Wendy Deichmann Edwards (30:41)

New Products Available: Methodist Identity Part 2: Our Beliefs
This course builds on Part 1: Our Story by examining Methodist beliefs, focusing especially on those doctrines that make Methodists distinctive.

Eight half-hour long presentations by leading Methodist theologians offer valuable information and insight concerning core Wesleyan ideas. The course will benefit both lifelong Methodists and those coming to Methodism from other traditions. A study guide and extensive supplemental presentations, including many of Wesley’s own writings, are included on CD-ROM.

The lessons include:

1. The Nature of Methodist Doctrine - Sharon Grant & Ted Campbell (29:22)
2. Divine Trinity and Christology - Scott J. Jones (30:03)
3. Prevenient Grace and Repentance - Elaine A. Robinson (29:35)
4. Justifying Faith and Assurance - Walter Klaiber (28:54)
5. Sanctification - Sondra Wheeler (29:36)
6. Baptism and Christian Initiation - Henry Knight (27:21)
7. Eucharist - Lawrence Hull Stookey (26:05) 8. Eschatology - Randy L. Maddox (28:57)