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WESLEY FOUNDATION
@ TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
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WHO
WE ARE
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OUR
HISTORY
In
a time of great wealth and great poverty, a time of social
upheaval, and a time in which the church seemed to be an
irrelevant haven for the wealthy, a few university students
felt God's call to a deeper faith.
These
students sought to understand God's intent for their life
by working closely together in a commitment to prayer, study
of the scriptures, service to the poorest parts of society,
regular worship and Holy Communion, and mutual support and
accountability.
The
time was the 1720s. The students were at the university
at Oxford, England. For
their intentional commitment to living the Christian life,
they were called derogatory names: The Holy Club, the Bible
Moths, the Methodists.
One
member of the Holy Club, John
Wesley, went on to lead the Methodist revival. The revival
spread from England to the colonies, and is now a worldwide
family of churches.
The
United Methodist Church, of
which we are a part, has over nine million members, primarily
in North America.
The
Wesley Foundation has been active at Texas
Southern University since 19??.
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The
Cross and Flame Logo
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Known
informally as the cross and flame logo but formally known
as the denomination's insignia, it has been in use nearly
three decades. It is seen in cities, towns and rural areas
at every point on the globe.
The insignia
is a cross linked with a dual flame. This symbol relates our
church to God by way of the second and third persons of the
Trinity; the Christ (cross) and the Holy Spirit (flame).
Apart
from Wesleyan Trinitarian theology and warmth, the flame has
two other connotations. The flame suggests Pentecost when
witnesses saw "tongues as of fire." And the duality
of the flame was meant to represent the merger in 1968 of
two denominations: The Methodist Church and the Evangelical
United Brethren Church.
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The
Anchor
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 The
anchor symbolizes the Christian's hope in Christ. This cross
was also the emblem of St. Clement, Bishop of Rome, who according
to tradition was tied to an anchor and tossed into the sea by
the emperor Trajan.
Hebr.
6:17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his
purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed
it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable
things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have
fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly
encouraged. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul,
firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the
curtain, 20 where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on
our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order
of Melchizedek. (NIV)
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