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Church of the Resurrection takes its name seriously, and it should. You can't name yourself "Resurrection" and then do anything less than work for renewal and make the choice for hope. Eighteen years ago the church started out as 25 people worshiping in a funeral home. Adam Hamilton, then 26, has since led this body to become the largest Methodist church in the country with more than 14,000 members. This past week I spoke to a gathering of 1,700 church leaders who had gathered at Resurrection with a mission. A mission of renewal for the mainline church was clear, a renewal that brings together the personal and social gospel. While I preached to their church I was reminded of another pulpit. The pulpit of John Wesley. A pulpit that shook a nation. I had the privilege of preaching for four worship services at Resurrection on... [read full story]
