{"id":288,"date":"2025-03-28T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:03:32","slug":"key-teachings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/key-teachings\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Teachings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Justification by faith: <\/strong>The belief that through Christ, we are forgiven and reconciled to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sanctification:<\/strong> The ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in the believer\u2019s life, leading them to grow in grace and to live a life that reflects the love and holiness of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Connectionalism:<\/strong> Methodism is a \u2018connectional\u2019 church, meaning it values relationships and partnerships between its members, congregations and communities, emphasizing that we are stronger together in faith and mission. At the heart of Methodism is its doctrine of salvation. John Wesley emphasized that salvation is not just about being \u201csaved\u201d from sin, but about the total transformation of a person\u2019s life. Salvation is a journey that begins with a personal encounter with Jesus Christ but continues as God works in our lives to make us more like Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In Knysna we strive to uphold this belief in reflecting that faith without works is dead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-d61d70aa wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Methodist-Book-of-Order-1.pdf#page=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lord&#8217;s Supper<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Methodist-Book-of-Order-1.pdf#page=13\">Baptism<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to get in touch? Please feel free to call us on 076 905 0964 or email us at admin@knysnamethodist.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justification by faith: The belief that through Christ, we are forgiven and reconciled to God. Sanctification: The ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in the believer\u2019s life, leading them to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/key-teachings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Key Teachings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"inspiro_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-288","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1135,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions\/1135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}