Organizational Structure
From ancient days, churches and local faith communities have joined together for mutual support, resource sharing, missional engagement, and faith development. Believing in the incredible potential of the historic Methodist understanding of connectionalism, the “collegiate” or “cathedral” model of polity strives to unite like-minded, common-hearted regional churches in voluntary missional associations centered around a strong regional congregation. These “coalitions of the willing” are intended to allow independent Wesleyan churches/ministries to connect with one another, to learn from one another, and to journey alongside one another to make more deeply committed followers of the way of Jesus Christ in their specific missional contexts. At the same time, these partnerships are intended to provide a mode of accountability, support, and intentional oversight to independent local Wesleyan congregations.
