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Bishop Exhortation<br />
Dear all brothers and sisters in Christ,<br />
We thank God for the just concluded 14 th Annual Conference Session held in Brisbane from 26 to 29<br />
November. Below is an extract of my Episcopal Address delivered at the session. The key points have<br />
been extracted for the benefit of all our members.<br />
CMCA VISION: Glorifying Our God, Edifying His People<br />
2015-2018 THEME: Transforming the Community: Covenant Disciples & Missions<br />
2015 Being Methodists; Loving God Wholeheartedly<br />
2016 Being Methodists; Growing in Spiritual Holiness<br />
2017 Being Methodists; Reforming the Church<br />
2018 Being Methodists; Transforming the Community<br />
CMCA Slogan: The CMCA exists in Australia to be the flag-bearer of Methodism; to reform the nation,<br />
particularly the Church and to spread scriptural holiness over the land.”<br />
2016 Focus<br />
Building on the 2015 Theme of “Loving God Wholeheartedly,” the 2016 Theme of “Growing in Spiritual<br />
Holiness” continues to emphasize the CMCA vision for a totally Disciplined and Mobilized Church that<br />
is focused on God's Glory in Thought, Word and Deed.<br />
2016 Plans<br />
1. Pastors' Retreat, 6-9 September 2016, Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky<br />
• to help pastors reaffirm their calling and identity as Methodist pastors<br />
2. To expand our Methodist connexion and to contribute to the world Methodist family by sending<br />
a pastoral delegation with some lay leaders to the 2016 World Methodist Conference, 31<br />
August - 3 September 2016 in Houston, Texas.<br />
3. Discipleship<br />
• To train more Disciple facilitators and continue to edify people through the Discipleship<br />
program<br />
• Trainers' training, 1 to 4 August 2016, organised by the Disciple Agency of the Methodist<br />
Church in Singapore to be held in Kuching<br />
4. CMCA Pastors to preach sermons based on the selected John Wesley’s sermons on Holy<br />
Living, and on 1 & 2 Peter<br />
• to emphasize holy living (both personal and corporate) and to mobilize members to<br />
become involved in social concerns, and thus to practice social holiness<br />
• to conduct a “Covenant Sunday Service” at the beginning of 2016 so members will make a<br />
covenant to love God with all their hearts, minds and souls.<br />
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