Bible Basics
The first book of the Bible.
What is Genesis?
This word describes God’s undeserved love and forgiveness.
What is Grace?
The founder of the Methodist movement.
Who is John Wesley?
United Methodists recognize this number of sacraments.
What is two?
The movement in the 1500s that protested problems in the Catholic Church.
What is the Reformation?
The number of books in the Bible.
What is 66?
The three types of grace in Methodist teaching include prevenient, justifying, and this one.
What is Sanctifying Grace?
John Wesley’s brother who helped start the Methodist movement and wrote many hymns.
Who is Charles Wesley?
This sacrament welcomes a person into the Christian community.
What is Baptism?
This German monk started the Reformation by posting 95 theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
The four books that tell the story of Jesus’ life.
What are the Gospels?
The four sources used to understand faith in Methodist theology.
What is the Wesleyan Quadrilateral?
The country where John Wesley began the Methodist movement.
What is England?
This sacrament remembers Jesus’ Last Supper with bread and cup.
What is Communion, The Lord’s Supper, or Euchrist
Early church leaders gathered in these meetings to settle major disagreements.
What are Church Councils?
Jesus delivered this famous sermon that includes the Beatitudes.
What is the Sermon on the Mount?
This official book outlines the laws and organization of the United Methodist Church.
What is the Book of Discipline?
Wesley organized believers into these small groups for accountability and spiritual growth.
What are class meetings?
This type of grace is often associated with baptism because it reminds us God loved us first.
What is Prevenient Grace?
This creed begins with the words “I believe in God the Father Almighty.”
What is the Apostles’ Creed?
The apostle who wrote many letters in the New Testament, including Romans and Corinthians.
Who is Paul?
These guide the church in issues like justice, poverty, and equality.
What are the Social Principles?
Wesley believed Christians should practice acts of piety and acts of mercy; together these are called these.
What are the Means of Grace?
In the United Methodist Church, people of all ages may receive this sacrament.
What is Communion?
The religion Jesus practiced during his life.
What is Judaism?