The Forged Network of Churches

Georgia

Thank you for your interest in The Forged Network of Churches! We chose the word “forged” for this network because many, if not all of us, have been shaped by various forms of adversity and hardships that have brought us to the place we find ourselves now. We believe all we’ve been through has both prepared and clarified God’s preferred future for us as we now look forward to all God now wants to do through us together!

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Forged exists to network new and existing independent Wesleyan churches and leaders for greater Kingdom impact.

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”

– C.S. Lewis

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What the Network provides:

Life-giving and accountable relationships

Shared theological convictions

The sharing of best practices and resources

Opportunities to partner together in mission and ministry

A multigenerational community of leaders committed to leaning forward to raise up, equip, and intentionally hand off leadership to the next generation

WHAT WE BELIEVE AND AFFIRM

While we affirm the faith as articulated in the EUB Confession of Faith, The Articles of Religion of The Methodist Church, and the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds *, the following represent central tenants our network lifts up as especially important.

  1. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to salvation except through Him.
  2. The Bible is the inspired and authoritative Word of God and contains all things necessary for salvation.
  3. Ministry should always be full of grace and Truth.
  4. Making disciples of Jesus Christ is our priority.
  5. We are committed to relational discipleship.
  6. We are engaged in being the hands and feet of Jesus in our local communities and beyond.
  7. All followers of Jesus are given gifts by the Holy Spirit to be used for the building up of His Church and the advancement of His Kingdom in the world. We are committed to the ministry of equipping followers of Jesus for this work. We are especially committed to the calling, equipping, and sending of younger generations for God’s work through the Church in the world.
  8. We affirm that marriage and sexual intimacy are good gifts from God. In keeping with the teachings of Scripture historically and throughout the Church universal, we believe that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union. We believe God intends faithfulness in marriage and celibacy in singleness.

* These historic documents can be read here

HOW WE WILL CONNECT AND INTERACT TOGETHER

Pastors and Church Leaders

  • Unlimited access to each other in the network
  • Quarterly in-person gatherings
  • Regular video conference calls

Accountability

  • Prioritized at in-person gatherings and video conference calls
  • Accountability at the local church level is by invitation

Partnering Together in Mission and Ministry (Voluntary)

  • Local
  • Regional
  • Global
  • Planting churches
  • Raising up next generation of leaders
  • Financial

Forged Network Georgia Pastors

Jody Ray, Pastor

John Kenney, Pastor

Shannon Patterson, Pastor

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