{"id":9377,"date":"2022-11-18T16:23:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/?p=9377"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:23:46","slug":"staying-in-the-umc-monica-mowdy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/news\/staying-in-the-umc-monica-mowdy\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanecer en la UMC | Monica Mowdy"},"content":{"rendered":"

No nac\u00ed en la fe metodista unida. Mi abuela me llevaba todos los domingos a una peque\u00f1a iglesia urbana no confesional hasta que mi madre se cas\u00f3 con un cat\u00f3lico romano con un trauma eclesi\u00e1stico extremo y fue entonces cuando mi exposici\u00f3n a la iglesia termin\u00f3 excepto por las visitas con amigos y primos. Como adulto a los 23 a\u00f1os tom\u00e9 la decisi\u00f3n de que quer\u00eda ser parte de una comunidad de la iglesia, yo no sab\u00eda lo que parec\u00eda, pero yo sab\u00eda que quer\u00eda ser parte. Viv\u00edamos en una peque\u00f1a ciudad de Oklahoma donde yo era una profesora novata. Todas las iglesias estaban literalmente alineadas en una calle y yo empec\u00e9 en la cima de la colina y cada domingo visitaba una iglesia diferente y despu\u00e9s del culto, le preguntaba al pastor si pod\u00edamos reunirnos para aprender sobre esa iglesia. En total, asist\u00ed a 9 iglesias de diferentes denominaciones protestantes. La \u00faltima iglesia que visit\u00e9 fue la Iglesia Metodista Unida de Pawnee. Estaba al final de la calle. Hubo cuatro cosas que aprend\u00ed ese d\u00eda que me hicieron querer regresar a esa iglesia, convertirme en miembro de esa iglesia, convertirme en maestro en esa iglesia, y ser un l\u00edder, y eventualmente un anciano ordenado.<\/p>\n

Las cuatro cosas que fueron importantes en esa b\u00fasqueda para m\u00ed sobre la UMC, y todav\u00eda lo son:<\/p>\n

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  1. Mi reuni\u00f3n con el pastor. Estaba dispuesto a reservar una reuni\u00f3n para m\u00ed, aunque mi marido no pudiera asistir. En otras palabras, el pastor me consideraba a m\u00ed como mujer. Ese no era el caso, en todas menos una de las otras iglesias que hab\u00eda visitado. Exig\u00edan que el \"cabeza de familia\" estuviera presente para reunirse conmigo. En la Iglesia Metodista Unida me sent\u00ed valorada.<\/li>\n
  2. Me regalaron un libro informativo. Cuando le\u00ed sobre John Wesley, nuestro deseo de hacer justicia y amar y tener misericordia con nuestro pr\u00f3jimo, y a la vez crecer espiritualmente a trav\u00e9s de la oraci\u00f3n, el estudio y las relaciones, supe que estaba en el lugar correcto. La UMC promovi\u00f3 mi crecimiento y el crecimiento de otros en Cristo.<\/li>\n
  3. La gracia se predicaba a menudo. Fue poco tiempo cuando empec\u00e9 a aprender sobre la gracia. La gracia preveniente, justificadora y santificadora, y c\u00f3mo era algo que se ofrec\u00eda a todos gratuitamente como un don de Dios. Mi limitada experiencia con la iglesia hab\u00eda sido de alto control y cargada de reglas y educaci\u00f3n que te permit\u00edan con suerte obtener la vida eterna. La UMC me hizo verme como un hijo de Dios.<\/li>\n
  4. La confianza y la fe en la teolog\u00eda y la doctrina ofrecidas, respetando al mismo tiempo las creencias de los dem\u00e1s, eran inspiradoras. El primer d\u00eda que la visit\u00e9, el pastor anunci\u00f3 un estudio los domingos por la noche en el que muchos pastores de otras iglesias de la comunidad compartir\u00edan su doctrina, su pol\u00edtica y su postura sobre la teolog\u00eda. Me pareci\u00f3 que una iglesia que animaba a su gente a conocer el pensamiento de otras denominaciones mostraba su voluntad de trabajar con los dem\u00e1s. Me mostraron un nivel de confianza en lo que cre\u00edan, y que probablemente no utilizar\u00edan el miedo para mantenerme all\u00ed. Demostraron lo que ahora conozco como ecumenismo. Valoro la UMC por su voluntad de servir bien a los dem\u00e1s.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Desde entonces siempre fui a la Iglesia Metodista Unida cuando nos mudamos a nuevas comunidades, nuestra familia nunca vacil\u00f3 y siempre ser\u00e9 UMC. Fue en la Iglesia Metodista Unida donde escuch\u00e9 mi llamada al ministerio pastoral; me han apoyado y animado.
    \n\"La Iglesia Metodista Unida cree que el amor de Dios por el mundo es un amor activo y comprometido, un amor que busca la justicia y la libertad. No podemos ser meros observadores. Por eso nos preocupamos lo suficiente por la vida de las personas como para arriesgarnos a interpretar el amor de Dios, para adoptar una postura, para llamarnos a cada uno de nosotros a dar una respuesta, por controvertida o compleja que sea. La iglesia nos ayuda a pensar y a actuar desde una perspectiva de fe, y no solo a responder a todos los dem\u00e1s \"hacedores de mentes\" que existen en nuestra sociedad.\" (Del Libro de Resoluciones de la Iglesia Metodista Unida de 2016. )<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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