{"id":653,"date":"2025-03-01T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.church\/?page_id=653"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:52:21","slug":"iglesia-metodista-libre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/iglesia-metodista-libre\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Methodist Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/quienes-somos\/\">About us<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/mision-vision-y-valores\">Vision, Mission and Values<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/4-caracteristicas\">Four Characteristics<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/mario-y-karina\">Mario &amp; Karina<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fmcusa.org\/es\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" class=\"wp-image-664 aligncenter\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FMC-Logo-Tagline-Color_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FMC-Logo-Tagline-Color_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre.png 1000w, https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FMC-Logo-Tagline-Color_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FMC-Logo-Tagline-Color_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FMC-Logo-Tagline-Color_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre_Iglesia-Metodista-Libre-560x304.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Beta.Church<\/b><\/span> is part of the <span class=\"s1\"><b>Free Methodist Church (FMC)<\/b><\/span>, an evangelical Christian denomination rooted in the Methodist movement. This movement began in the 18th century when a group of students at the University of Oxford, under the leadership of <span class=\"s1\"><b>John Wesley<\/b><\/span>, sought a spiritual renewal: an active, practical, and committed way of living the Christian faith, centered on daily spiritual growth and integrating love for God and neighbor as a path toward holiness\u2014becoming like Jesus (Matthew 22:37\u201339).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">From this Methodist tradition, the <span class=\"s1\"><b>Free Methodist Church<\/b><\/span> was founded in the 19th century in the United States as an effort to live out the gospel more faithfully, promoting <span class=\"s1\"><b>freedom, justice, and holiness<\/b><\/span> (Micah 6:8). The mission of the FMC is \u201cto love God, love people, and make disciples,\u201d and its vision is \u201cto bring wholeness to the world through healthy biblical communities of holy people, multiplying disciples, leaders, groups, and churches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>What We Believe:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">We believe in the authority of God\u2019s Word over our lives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">We believe in one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">We believe that human beings were created in the image of God as morally responsible agents.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">We believe in the Church\u2014the people of God who exist to fulfill God\u2019s purposes in Christ.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">We believe in new life in Christ for believers, free from all guilt and the penalty of sin.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">We believe in the Kingdom of God established in the hearts and lives of believers, in Christ\u2019s return, and in our hope in the resurrection and eternal destiny.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">The <span class=\"s1\"><b>Free Methodist Church<\/b><\/span> should not be confused with the <span class=\"s1\"><b>United. Chilean, and Pentecostal Methodist <\/b><strong>Churc<\/strong><\/span><strong>hes<\/strong>. Methodist churches share a common origin in the faith renewal movement that began in 1729 at the University of Oxford, inspired by the teachings of <span class=\"s1\"><b>John Wesley<\/b><\/span>, an Anglican clergyman, theologian, and evangelist. The FMC is a branch of the Methodist movement that arose in the 1860s with a vision of <span class=\"s1\"><b>freedom<\/b><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Freedom to live in holiness and in Christ\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit in worship.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Freedom for all, regardless of race, gender, or economic status.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Freedom from any alliance that would compromise our primary loyalty to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Freedom for all active participants in the church to be part of decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">Being part of a broader ministry family means there is accountability and structure that make us stronger. You can find more information about our <a href=\"https:\/\/fmcusa.org\/webelieve\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>beliefs<\/b><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fmcusa.org\/history\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>history<\/b><\/span><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/fmcusa.org\/thefmway\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>distinctives<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Note:<\/b><\/span> The Book of Discipline in \u00b66810 states that, as a church plant, we must have a sponsoring agency (local church, board, or conference committee) or ministry committee for guidance, direction, support, accountability, and oversight. The person or people involved in this sponsorship will be announced soon.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"79\" class=\"wp-image-662\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beta.Church_black_low-res-1024x201.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beta.Church_black_low-res-1024x201.png 1024w, https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beta.Church_black_low-res-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beta.Church_black_low-res-768x151.png 768w, https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beta.Church_black_low-res-560x110.png 560w, https:\/\/beta.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beta.Church_black_low-res.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us \u2013 Vision, Mission and Values \u2013 Four Characteristics&nbsp;\u2013 Mario &amp; Karina Beta.Church is part of the Free Methodist Church (FMC), an evangelical Christian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-653","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/653\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.church\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}