Living in "Connexion"

The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, believed in living in communion with God and with one another. The polity and operation of the Methodist movement therefore involved what Wesley called "connexion." Wesley insisted that the movement be one in conferencing, in mission, and in practice.

Today, this "connectionalism" is expressed in many ways, not the least of which is through Christian Conferencing at every level of the church's organization. Local churches in the United States are connected in districts, annual conferences (which meet, as the name indicates, each year), and jurisdictional conferences (which meet every four years). The General Conference, the defining global gathering of United Methodists consisting of lay and clergy delegates from every annual conference in the denomination, meets every four years, as well.

The last General Conference was held back in April, and now it's time for Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference! It begins tomorrow at Lake Junaluska, NC. The main focus of each Jurisdictional Conference is the election of bishops.

If you click on the the link embedded above, you can follow all the happenings of SEJ, including election results. One of South Carolina's own, Columbia District Superintendent Dr. Tim McClendon.

In invite you to be in prayer for Jurisdictional Conference, for all the delegates, and for all the Episcopal nominees, including Tim. I certainly will be!