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44. Borgen, 159f.; Stein, 319, f, 132. 45. Pia Desideria, Theodore G. Tappert, ed. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1964), 117. 46. Sngden, I: 296 47. Vie Works ofthe Rev. John Wesley, A.M., X:192. 48. Der Hochwichtige Articul, 11:936-953. 49. Sugden, 11:243. 50. Geschichte der neuern Evangelische Theologie in Zusammenhang mit den allgemeinen Bewegungen des Europaischen Denkens y Vol. 2 (Gutersloh: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 1951): 141. 51. Parris, 47. 52. Borgen, 166-7. 53. Stookey, Doxology 6:25. 58 QUARTERLY REVIEW / SPRING 1993
Keith D. Ray II A New Proposal for Wesleyan Christian Initiation f he people called United Methodist are being asked to consider Jseriously the significance and meaning of the sacrament of Baptism in the next quadrennium. First the Baptism Study Committee and now the General Conference have requested this denominationwide study so that the whole church might be involved in a process that hopefully will culminate in proposed legislation to the 1996 General Conference. Such legislation will help us outline the theological understanding of baptism and Christian initiation in the United Methodist Church (UMC). The task, of course, will not be easy. This season of study will remind us painfully of the stark differences within our church with respect to the sacrament of Baptism. I hope to share with the reader an understanding of Christian initiation which I believe can be rooted in the Wesleyan tradition of which I am a part. At the same time I hope to give us a creative structure to help us deal with a widespread problem in our current initiatory practice, namely, that of indiscriminate baptism. Thus, I offer this reflection on baptism as a response to my own prayerful searching in hopes that it will contribute to our church's dialogue and study on Christian initiation. Keith D. Ray is Associate Pastor of the Northside-Piedmont Park Charge in Greenville, South Carolina. He is a probationary member of the South Carolina Annual Ponference. WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN INITIATION 59
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