- Wesleyan Reform Union
The Wesleyan Reform Union is an Independent
Methodist Connexion based in theUnited Kingdom . It was founded in 1859 by the members of the Wesleyan Reform movement who did not join the United Methodist Free Churchestatement of Faith
The Wesleyan Reform Union Statement of Faith was accepted at a conference in 1970:
* That there is one true and living
God , eternally existing in threePersons : Father, Son andHoly Spirit : Him alone weworship and adore.* That the Holy Scriptures, both Old and
New Testament s, as originally given, are of divine inspiration and infallible, supreme inauthority in all matters offaith and conduct.* That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and are thereby subject to God's wrath and condemnation.
* That God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten Son, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and that He is truly God and truly Man, JesusChrist ourLord .* That the Lord Jesus Christ offered Himself as the substitutionary
sacrifice for the sin of the whole world, He was raised fromthe dead , ascended intoheaven to be ourAdvocate and Mediator, and that He will personally return in power and glory.* That the Holy Spirit is a divine Person both equal to and of one substance with the Father and the Son, that His work is necessary to make the
death of Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting himrepentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ, and that He also in dwells every believer as his Sanctifier, thus placing His seal upon him as a child of God.* That the Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church.
* In the
Priesthood of all believers, and that we being members one of another, are one body in Christ Jesus, having equality of spiritual opportunities as thesacred right of all.* That the
Sacrament s are an outward and visiblesign of an inward and spiritual grace, and that onlyBaptism and the Lord's Supper were instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ as such, maintaining that the proper subjects for Baptism are believers and children to be brought up within the fellowship of Christ's Church.tructure
The head of the Wesleyan Reform Union is the Union
President , who presides over theGeneral Committee . The General Committee is made up of 22 members. There is also a president Designate. People are elected to each of these positions annually by delegates to a Conference. TheGeneral Secretary takes care of business matters.At the local level, churches follow one of two schemes. They may elect a President and a
Vice President , or they may elect a Leadership Group. These positions are generally voted upon annually. In the case of aLeadership Group , a Minister may also be elected. The position ofTrustee s may be implemented as well.Wesleyan Reform Union churches are self-governing. Local leadership has final authority in local matters. Many churches are organized into Circuits which has Quarterly Meetings; four each
year .The WRU headquarters are in Sheffield and it has around 100 congregations across Yorkshire, the Midlands, Bucks, Cornwall and Scotland.
External links
[http://www.thewru.com Wesleyan Reform Union Website]
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