Aldersgate Renewal Ministries
established 1977

"ARM (formerly United Methodist Renewal Services Fellowship) is an affiliate of the UM General Board of Discipleship. This network of United Methodists, who are praying and working together for the renewal of the Church by the power of the Holy Spirit, is non-adversarial and non-profit, with specific ministries relating to teaching, equipping and encouraging the body of Christ."

More information:

• The history of Aldersgate Renewal Ministries (from their web site)
• Since 1974 United Methodists have gathered at Aldersgate, an annual, national conference on the Holy Spirit, which is highlighted by lively praise and worship, and focuses on the equipping of believers for the work of the ministry. News coverage of this event was printed in Good News for each of the following years: 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.

Related articles:

• Guidelines: the UM Church and the Charismatic Movement
• Editorials on Good News' position on charismatics, written by Charles Keysor in 1977 and again in 1978.
• "Tongues-speaking: Good or Bad?" by Charles Keysor, published in Good News (Fall 1972/Winter 1973)
• James Robb's editorial "Charisphobia and Its Consequences" from the September/October 1988 issue of Good News.
• "My Years Within United Methodism" by Oral Roberts from his autobiography, Expect a Miracle: My Life and Ministry.

Web site:

• Aldersgate Renewal Services Fellowship

Aldersgate Renewal Ministries
P. O. Box 1205
Goodlettsville, TN 37070
(615) 851-9192 phone
(615) 851-9372 fax

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