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Welcome to the August issue of LLM. We hope

you enjoyed our new format’s July premiere

and are now sensing momentum from Gen-

eral Conference 2011. This issue is dedicated to casting vi-

sion from our leadership about where the church is headed.

As you’ll read in this issue, the Free Methodist Church is

alive and growing. Free Methodism truly is a global move-

ment. Recent statistics put global membership at 962,000.

Of those, the Free Methodist Church — USA has about

74,000 members, roughly 7 percent of the total FM popu-

lation. This is a staggering statistic.

As we become more aware of the big picture, we need

to gather together around the vision. Last month we rolled

out a new website, fmcusa.org, to begin to connect us to

our church’s vision and to each other. A big piece of the site

revolves around telling your stories. How is God moving in

your life, your family and your church? You can also share

the site’s stories on your favorite social networks. Our new

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nities to connect.

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More than 150 years ago, a ragtag group

of seriously put-out church people organized themselves as

the Free Methodist Church. uuu

Jason Archerexecutive director of Free Methodist Communications

The rugged pioneer spirit of the

early American Methodists had

morphed into the comfortable life of

the middle class, and our founders

refused to accept that the church

should also morph into the comforts

of sloppy discipleship. They refused

to accept the class and race distinc-

tions that divided this new world. They

refused to accept the worldliness of

ministers who had lost their saltiness.

They demanded that the church be

more open than a club and insist on

much more than a club. Because they

were put-out, they were put out.

They decided to walk together, to

submit to each other and join forces

for their common goal. They found a

good place to stand between “Free”

and “Methodist” — an interesting

juxtaposition that balanced the Meth-

odist intent to disciple every believer

with the spunk and expectation that

they could and would deliver the whole

gospel to every man and woman, re-

gardless of station, race or class.

How are we doing now, 151 years

later?

Let’s start with the assumption

that we’re trying to grow. For much of

our history, however, growing was not

the goal. Staying pure from the stains

of the world was the goal. The sign of

“God among us” was that we were a

peculiar people. In fact, often the

assumption was that not many would

join us on the narrow road.

But at some point, the church

growth movement overwhelmed us

with techniques and theories that ap-

plied scientific method and American

optimism. “Growing” and “planting”

became part of our lexicon, and

sometimes became the goal — the

sign of God among us.

Our goal should be signs of God

among us, not growth per se, but

being a worthy branch of His people,

living to bring Him pleasure and to

bring others back into His embrace.

Our goal includes being God’s kind of

people and doing what God’s kind of

people do.

We are growing — compared to

ourselves, compared to U.S. growth

curves and compared to other

denominations. The Free Methodist

Church — USA has seen steady, con-

sistent growth from 2005 on, with

an exceptional surge of 2.2 percent

in 2010. On any given Sunday, FM

churches worship in 27 languages.

Women comprise 12 percent of our

elders and deacons and more than a

quarter of conference and local minis-

terial candidates.

Globally, our story has been incred-

ible. We have nearly doubled our in-

ternational membership since 2000.

We soon will celebrate 1 million mem-

bers, only 7 percent of which are in

the United States.

There is cause for celebration,

but we don’t celebrate because we

did better than some other church

or because we beat a baseline. We

celebrate because in each life repre-

sented, Jesus’ wholeness and healing

invaded a new disciple.

We should confess that member-

ship, attendance and finances aren’t

actually the best things to count.

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Free Methodists have always

believed in an

activated holiness,

not a hidden holiness.

We’re interested in making disciples,

but it’s difficult to measure that kind

of holistic endeavor. We don’t really

know how we’re doing in things like

marriages saved, addictions broken,

relationships restored, justice attained,

creation husbanded and the kingdom

elevated through ministry partner-

ships. Be encouraged, church. We

can’t yet measure all we’d like to, but

measurable areas are showing fruit.

But let’s not get carried away with

our celebration. How do we report a

“victory” of 2.2 percent to Jesus? We

can’t. We are obligated to keep lead-

ing the church into the brokenness

with the message of the resurrection.

Deep anD WiDeA large class in American Chris-

tianity carries this basic assump-

tion: The pastor does the work of

the church and we attend services.

These people want spiritual content

in their lives. They are hungry for

community and love Jesus, but they

see themselves as receptors, not as

contributors.

Against this lay-clergy divide, the

Free Methodist Church sings a dif-

ferent song, the simple chorus

“Deep and Wide.” To reach

their potential, FM minis-

ters must broaden the base of those

in ministry (width) and deepen those

in ministry (depth).

Church laity has been reduced to

mere representation on boards and

committees. That wasn’t what lay

involvement was originally about in

the FMC. Laypeople served on boards

because they were leading and plant-

ing churches and living exemplary

lives of holiness. It wasn’t so much a

system of checks and balances as it

was recognition that the vibrancy of

Methodism has always resided in an

activated laity. The FMC champions

the ministry of the laity.

One in the SpiritWe see a great deal of suspicion

toward denominations today. Fed by

the well-earned American distrust of

power, many believe the only good

church is local church, and communi-

ties are where the church plays out.

But the urge to shun denomina-

tions is a manifestation of the same

urge that built the Tower of Babel. It’s

a desire to make a name for oneself.

In an age where everyone wants to be

a title and no one wants to be a foot-

note, it’s countercultural to submit to

a larger group of believers.

Free Methodists believe that one

of the key evidences of God among us

is our unity, our ability to sacrifice and

celebrate for others, sometimes oth-

ers we don’t even know.

Denomination can elevate the

trajectory of a local church and hold

us all to a higher standard. It is the

laboratory for demonstrating that we

are one in the Spirit, even as we are

many across this country.

JeSuS LOveS the LittLe ChiLDren

Everybody believes that God

loves them, just as we believe

that God loves us, but we

Christians are different.

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We believe: Act like God loves them through us. Free Methodists have

always believed in an activated holi-

ness, not a hidden holiness.

This is a good time to

remind ourselves not just

where we’ve been, but

where our founders were

going. “Push on,” they would

say, to “maintain the scrip-

tural standard of Christian-

ity and to preach the gospel

to the poor.”

We sing: “Jesus Loves the Little

Children” — little children who are little

and little children who’ve grown old

and stale; little children with turbans

on their heads or rainbows on their

T-shirts; little children in a Lexus with

a Darwin bumper sticker.

Free Methodists see everyone

as that lovely child — hopeful, with a

whole world of opportunity and health

before them. Jesus loves the little

children of the world. Red and yellow,

black and white, gay and straight,

Muslim and Jew, legal and illegal,

friendly and dangerous, perfumed and

smelling like

vomit ... they

are precious in

His sight.

These are

the songs of

the redeemed.

Let’s sing

them with joy.

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David T. Roller served in Latin America for 17 years before being elected bishop. His blog is www.fmcusa.org/davidroller.

See Bishop Roller give the state of the denomination report.

South African Free Methodists’ theme for 2009 to 2013 is “Go therefore and

make disciples.”

The inspiration comes from Matthew 28:19, and our mission is “to make known

to all people everywhere God’s call to wholeness through forgiveness and holiness in Jesus

Christ, and to invite into membership and to equip for ministry all who respond in faith.”

One pastor put it so well when he said, “Our aim in life is not to be comfortable but to be

obedient to the Lord.” Obedience is our aim.

We realized that evangelism is what we

are very good at as a church, but research

showed us that we were not good at retaining

converts. Our approach was, therefore, to em-

bark on teaching our members discipleship.

Research also showed us that most of our

people in urban churches come to church only

on Sundays. Very few are able to attend Bible

study and other evening activities during the

week. Because most members rely on public

transport, safety is an issue in the evenings,

so most activities taking place on Sunday and, in certain instances, on Saturday.

The situation and safety factors are different in rural areas. Even though attendees have

to walk long distances to church, a lot of activities take place during the week.

We decided to implement cell group meetings. These are convenient

because people do not have to travel long distances for meetings. Train-

ing on how to hold these is ongoing. The inspiration also came from the

book “Successful Home Cell Groups” by Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho.

Having cell groups is starting to bear fruit and result in growth both

numerically and spiritually. Cell groups also help us to “go, see and have

compassion” as Christ did. This way, we also get to be involved in com-

passion ministries. [LLM]

Our aim in life

is not to be

comfortable but

to be obedient

to the Lord.

Actively Involved in God’s Work

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Bishop Zwelisha Lincoln Shembe

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About 150 years ago, Dan Rice owned a small circus that included only a

single horse. Because equestrian tricks were the mainstay in circuses of

the time, his competitors mocked his “one-horse show.”

But the talented showman thrived. He turned the insult into a boast, and the one-

horse show out of Girard, Pa., became one of the most famous attractions of the

century. He went on to pull together one of the finest equestrian troupes anywhere,

which was immortalized in Chapter 22 of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” but

that may be getting the moral before the story.

Surely Rice loved that old one-horse performance. He wasn’t merely important; he

was the show. It worked! The naysayers and bigger-is-better crowd failed to under-

stand that even in small quantities, quality rises to the top.

I mean no disrespect when I apply a circus analogy to the church (although some-

times our Tuesday soup kitchen does have a three-ring atmosphere), but I fear that

many Free Methodist churches revel in the solo act of a talented minister. The

praise band warms up the audience, the light show sets the mood, and then it’s

time for the main event: a Spirit-filled sermon delivered with passion and style.

Such a pattern may work for a while — perhaps even very well — but what

about coming together to share in the spiritual gifts given to each person?

1 Corinthians 12 teaches us to respect individual Christians with their vari-

ous gifts, services and workings. Ministry ought to be a partnership, partici-

pated in by all believers. The most humble and unassuming person brings

something to share at the table of the Lord.

Let us admire, appreciate and use God-given talent while recognizing

that God gives talent to everyone, and Christians grow by serving. A healthy

church may find nostalgic comfort in the one-horse show, but its real mis-

sion is fulfilled as its number of ministers equals its membership. [LLM]

SCRIPTURE:

1 Corinthians 12:4-7

4There are different kinds

of gifts, but the same Spirit

distributes them. 5There are

different kinds of service,

but the same Lord. 6There

are different kinds of work-

ing, but in all of them and in

everyone it is the same God

at work.

7Now to each one the

manifestation of the Spirit is

given for the common good.

Church Isn’t a Solo Act

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B y T I M H u F F

Clara Leffingwell was born in 1862, the youngest of 10 children.

Her early life was plagued with illness, but Leffingwell felt called

to ministry and pursued divine healing to meet that call. As her writ-

ings note, she felt another illness coming in 1885 and sought God’s power to

overcome it.

“I opened my Bible and my eyes rested upon these words, ‘O Lord, my God. I

credit unto Thee and Thou hast healed me.’ The Spirit bore a clear and definite

witness to it. ... I knew I was on a solid foundation. I did not shrink from testifying

to it, nor tremble at the thought of that active life I knew was before me.”

Leffingwell never shrank from testifying. By 1886, she was a licensed

Free Methodist evangelist and was preaching to large crowds. However, she

continually felt called to missions, particularly China.

At the time, the Free Methodist Church had no mission in China and wasn’t

financially prepared to establish one. Leffingwell wasn’t dissuaded. She joined

Hudson Taylor’s China Inland Mission and left for China in 1895.

She had a deep love for the Chinese people, and, when home on furlough in 1903,

she pursued establishing a China Free Methodist mission. She spoke at the 1903

General Conference and gained support to send herself and eight other missionaries

to China. Leffingwell spent the next two years speaking and raising funds. By the time

she left for China in early 1905, she was exhausted. Nevertheless, her enthusiasm

pushed her onward.

After arriving in China, she worked tirelessly to establish the mission, but the toll

of the previous two years made her susceptible to dysentery. She became ill in July

1905 and died two weeks later, less than a year after her return. Although her min-

istry was cut short, her impact lived on. Leffingwell was a female lay leader who felt a

call to serve her denomination and God, and she pursued it with all her heart. [LLM]

Challenges Didn’t Stop Visionary Evangelist

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Leffingwell

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ministry and

pursued divine

healing to meet

that call.

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Jim and Martha Kirkpatrick

live on a quiet street on the

outskirts of Indianapolis, but

after spending more than 40 years

in central Africa as missionaries, this

retirement-age couple actively works

in inner-city ministry.

“We like to go where we’re invited,

where there’s a need and where

people are not standing in line to

work,” Martha said.

Jim and Martha currently serve

as associate pastors at Indianapolis

First Free Methodist Church, located

in the heart of the city. Jim describes

some of the biggest challenges of

urban ministry as drugs, poverty and

hopelessness.

“It’s a place that fewer people like

to go because to see results in the

inner-city, it’s a big job,” Martha said.

The Kirkpatricks have been drawn

to ministry since they were young.

Jim’s parents were missionaries to

Kenya, and Martha desired since

childhood to serve in Africa.

Martha and Jim both emphasize

the Holy Spirit’s work in their lives

as the sustaining force that kept

them on the field for over 40 years.

Jim grew up United Methodist, while

Martha was Wesleyan; holiness

teaching was a big part of their

heritage.

The Free Methodist teachings

about holiness and the reputation for

treating missionaries well drew them

to the FMC.

“I said that if there’s any church

that’s got it right, it’s [the Free

Methodists],” Jim told Martha when

they were approached by the Free

Methodist mission board about

serving in Africa.

After joining the Free Methodist

Church, they were asked to serve

at Pulaski FMC, near Spring Arbor,

Mich., for two years.

“During that second year, we had

a real moving of the Holy Spirit, a real

revival,” Jim said.

They left for Africa after two years

of ministry in Michigan. While serving

at the Mweya Bible Institute, they

trained church leaders from all over

Burundi, Congo and Rwanda.

“That was probably our most

fruitful time,” Jim said.

Revival broke out in 1970. Martha

described how Elie Buconyori, the

current FM bishop of Burundi, was

filled with the Holy Spirit during the

revival. He proclaimed a desire to be

completely God’s, right down to his

left pinkie. In the culture of Burundi

at that time, professionals kept their

left pinkie nails long, indicating they

weren’t common laborers. Even

though Buconyori was an educated

professional, he decided to give up his

status and belong completely to God.

After witnessing so many revivals

during their ministry, the Kirkpatricks

have a strong desire to see revival

sweep the United States.

“Any revival, any moving of the

Spirit comes from deep, soul-

searching prayer,” Jim said. “Not just

formal prayer, but really heartfelt

seeking after God.”

Jim believes there is a

great need for Christians to

surrender fully to God.

“[We need] willingness to

die to sin, willingness to go all

out for God and willingness to

spend time in prayer and Bible

study,” he said. [LLM]

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“Any revival, any

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prayer.”

Watch more of the interview with Jim and Martha Kirkpatrick.

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A Free Methodist pastor is

helping U.S. churches find

affordable printing while

supporting Christians in Ethiopia.

Vital Printshop opened for busi-

ness last fall at vitalprintshop.com

after a year of planning by J.R. Rushik,

lead pastor of Storehouse Church in

Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

Rushik developed the concept of a

Web-based print shop while assisting

fellow pastors with printing projects.

Through connections in the printing

industry, he helps churches gain

access to high-quality, fast and afford-

able printing that doesn’t require them

to print more than they need.

“I thought, ‘Is there a way I could

create what everyone needs in min-

istry today — printing postcards, ban-

ners and things like that — to make a

kingdom impact?’” Rushik said.

Willie Kirchhofer, pastor of Cross-

roads FMC in Clifton, N.J., is among

the shop’s satisfied customers.

“I have tried other printing ser-

vices, and the quality of work from

Vital Printshop is

as good as any

at a much more

reasonable rate.

It is a partner in

ministry,” Kirch-

hofer said.

Vital Print-

shop is not a

source of income

for Rushik. He

gives away 100

percent of the

net profits. “The idea is taking

that profit and turning it around

for global needs, particularly

ministry in Ethiopia,” he said.

Rushik’s trips to Ethiopia have

included the African nation’s capital

city of Addis Ababa and churches in

remote villages. He hopes to raise

money to build a church in a hub com-

munity, Beta Genet, that also would

serve as a training center for Ethio-

pian pastors.

Rushik’s creation of Vital Printshop

impresses David Harvey, superinten-

dent of the Acts 12:24 Churches of

the Mid-Atlantic Region.

“Vital Printshop is really a model

for a new way that Christians can

have a positive impact in the world,”

Harvey said. [LLM]

Print Shop Fills Vital Need for ChurchesB y J E F F F I N l E y

p Church members in Beta Genet, Ethiopia

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FREE METHODIST CHURCH — USA Indianapolis

The Free Methodist Church of North America has a new name. Although the

legal name remains the same, the Board of Administration voted in April for the

denomination to do business as the Free Methodist Church — USA to reflect its

growth and structure. The name change extends to the to the church’s website

with a new url, fmcusa.org.

BUTTERFIELD MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONOklahoma City

The Butterfield Memorial Foundation, an FM-affiliated charitable

organization, announced June 10 the awarding of 13 grants totaling

$600,000 to Christian universities and a Christian organization for

scholarships to nursing students. Spring Arbor University received a

$50,000 award.

MEADOWRIDGE FMCJoplin, Mo.

Multiple FM conferences sent work teams and donations after a rare EF5

tornado, the deadliest in the last 60 years, hit Joplin May 22. One regular

Meadowridge FMC attendee lost a house and a car, and one member had two

cars destroyed by falling trees.

PARK STREET FMCHamburg, Iowa

As much of Hamburg, Iowa, was evacuated in June because of rising

Missouri River floodwaters, only one local church remained open —

Park Street FMC. Another local congregation worshiped at the church,

and the Hamburg Reporter newspaper relocated to the church office,

Pastor Donna Woods said.

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Bishop David Kendall recently

visited Ethiopia, Egypt and

Jordan, where he found Free

Methodists’ faith thriving despite chal-

lenging circumstances.

“We have a lot to learn from some

of the courageous and faithful ways

in which our brothers and sisters in

other parts of the world are following

Jesus and making a difference in their

country,” Bishop Kendall said after he

and his wife, Lavone, returned from the two-week March trip.

Along with responsibility for FM conferences in the central United States,

Kendall oversees congregations in the African countries that do not have their

own general conferences. The Ethiopians are on the verge of becoming their

own annual conference, 10 years after the Free Methodist Church began

there. During the visit, the church ordained Ethiopia’s first group of elders.

The Kendalls traveled north to Egypt, which has its own general conference,

one month after the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak following mass

protests that included violence toward some foreigners. After four days in Egypt,

the Kendalls spent two days in Jordan, where the FMC is in the formation

stage. [LLM]

Kendall: Learn from International Church

INTERNATIONAL LEADER SPOTLIGHTElie Buconyori, bishop of the Burundi

General Conference and rector of Hope

Africa University, received recognition from

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza during

a large public celebration in May. Nkurunziza

praised the bishop, the university and FM

health care institutions for their

contributions to national development.

BRIEF

Free Methodist World Missions

has formed a partnership with

the Mission Society to help local

churches chart a course for maxi-

mum global impact. The Mission Soci-

ety offers a six-hour Global Outreach

Seminar, which a church can incorpo-

rate with other services and activities

into a Global Outreach Weekend.

“Throughout Scripture, God is por-

trayed as a missionary God — a God

who wants all people groups to come

to know Him, love Him and worship

Him,” said Roger Wright, a Mission

Society trainer and mentor.

For more information, visit

www.themissionarysociety.org or

contact Jennifer Veldman at

(800) 342-5531, ext. 264, or

ExploreMissions@gmail.com.

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B y J E F F F i N L E y

Bishop David Kendall (center) ordains an elder during Ethiopia’s first Free Methodist ordination service.

D iscipleship happens in the warp and woof of our

everyday lives, not in a vacuum.

Jesus and His disciples wore out many a pair of

sandals in the process. They were going places, meeting people,

doing life together — healing, teaching, playing with kids, rowing

boats, mixing it up with lost people.

Today we tend to think of discipleship as simply a class we

take or a small group we join, but knowing certain facts about the

Christian walk is no substitute for actually walking. Discipleship

involves teaching, but discipleship is not independent of real life.

Jesus never missed an opportunity to teach, but His instruction

was more likely to be in a vineyard, at a well or on a hillside than in

a temple. Discipleship is more caught than taught.

In his book “Radical,” David Platt relates his experience speaking

at a seminary graduation in

Indonesia. Each graduate had been

required to plant a church with at least

30 new, baptized believers in a Muslim

community. Platt notes the ceremony’s

moment of silence for classmates who

had been murdered in the process. That’s

discipleship on a whole different level from

our typical Western approach of learning facts and figures in a classroom.

We are not a community of experts and ministers but a body of believers

who all must take seriously the radical call of Christ to follow and serve. The

Latin root for the word “pastor” means “to feed” or “to pasture” and refers

to anybody with a flock.

True discipleship is about doing life together and including everyone in the

work of the church as we together grow into the image of Christ and build

His kingdom. [LLM]

GROUP DISCUSSION:

[1] What might it look like for

every member of your church to

become involved in ministry?

[2] How could this facilitate

discipleship — and not merely

more programs/busyness?

[3] What mindsets and models

of ministry need to change for

your church to become more

relational?

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b y J E f f f I n L E y

Discipleship is more caught than taught.

bishop David kendall (center) ordains an elder during Ethiopia’s first free Methodist ordination service.

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