Frequently Asked Questions

There will always be room for another church until every heart confesses Christ as Lord, every soul worships God with unyielding devotion, and every life radiates the love of Jesus in word and deed. As we launch Appalachian Chapel, we desire to partner with existing churches so they are strengthened as well as with future church plants so they are successful. 

The Global Methodist Church is a multiplying movement, and since its launch in May 2022 our movement has been rapidly growing. We desire Boone to not only be a part of this movement, but to also be a catalyst as the Appalachian Chapel is committed to regularly commissioning those who have discerned a call to faithfully serve God in Boone and beyond. 

There is currently no Global Methodist Church within the town limits of Boone, the county seat of Watauga. Over the past 30 years, many downtown churches have relocated, reducing access to Christian communities for both downtown Boone and Appalachian State's main campus. With Boone projected to grow in the next decade but currently showing less interest in religion than the national average, it presents an opportunity for Christian renewal and revival.

Our Mission: The mission of the Appalachian Chapel is to follow Jesus as disciples who make disciples in Boone and Beyond.

Jesus declared to his disciples, “All who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23). Jesus is our Lord and is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:1-6). Therefore, as disciples we are faithfully responding to the call of Christ to follow him with our lives and we are inviting others to do the same. We are Jesus’ disciples who make disciples who make disciples.

As God is calling us to live as disciples and make disciples here in Boone, through Christ God is also calling us to “go,” “baptize,” and “teach” to all the nations (Matthew 28:16-20). Therefore, we will regularly commission those who are transitioning from our community to fulfill God’s call for their lives beyond Boone. Christ, our Lord and Savior, is the light of the world (John 8:12, 2 Peter 3:18). 

Our Vision: Our vision is to be transformed by the power of God’s grace, perfected in Christian faith and love, so to glorify God with everything.

God desires us to be “new creations” in Christ — fully transformed into Christ’s image, whereby the image of God is fully restored within us (Genesis 1:27; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 & 5:17).

“Christian perfection,” or Entire Sanctification, is not to be confused with perfectionism, but rather the Wesleyan teaching of the Christian life being a pilgrimage of “grace upon grace” ultimately leading to entire sanctification, or holiness of heart and life (Matthew 4:17). This is one of the great distinctions for us as Methodists, which we pursue out of obedience to Christ, who is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2). 
“What is Christian perfection? The loving God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. This implies that no wrong temper, non contrary to love, remains in the soul; and that all the thoughts, words, and actions are governed by pure love.” -John Wesley 

We believe worship is essential to the life of the Church, where we gather in God’s presence with adoration, humility, dedication, and great hope to increase our faith as disciples of Jesus. Our worship includes praising God through singing, prayer, hearing His Word, declaring our faith, and sharing in fellowship as a church family. During worship we often celebrate the sacraments of baptism and communion, and we welcome all those who are seeking to know Jesus to receive communion as Christ's table is open to all.  

Our great desire is to help people draw closer to God through worship. Rather than focusing on style or genre, we often blend modern songs and historic hymns, prioritizing worship that aligns with our mission to follow Jesus as disciples who make disciples in Boone and beyond.

Come as you are! We welcome everyone to dress casually because we believe that worship is about your heart, not your outfit. You are always welcome to join us for worship at Appalachian Chapel. Currently, we are gathering for worship at 10 AM Sundays at Blue Deer on King (upper room, 352 W King St., Boone, NC 28607) which usually lasts an hour. 

Discipleship Groups are home-based small groups of about seven to twelve people in covenant with God and each other. Modeled after early Methodist Class Meetings (see Kevin M. Watson’s The Class Meeting), they are led by lay chaplains and focus on watching over one another in Christian love. These groups will also be the Chapel's key means to serve the needs of our college town. We believe participation in a Discipleship Group is vital for all in covenant relationship with the Chapel.

As faithful stewards who trust in God’s provision, half (50%) of our tithes and offerings we receive support carrying out Appalachian Chapel's local mission and ministry, serving both area residents and the Appalachian State community (Philipians 4:18-20). We are committed to being a vital part of Boone's spiritual heart, with the core of our mission and ministry being accessible to both downtown and the university.

We are also called to join God’s mission beyond Boone to the ends of the earth (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8). We are committed to supporting and commissioning people to answer God’s call and faithfully go where God leads. Therefore, half (50%) of our tithes and offerings support outreach ministries, missional efforts and partners beyond Boone, church plants and planters, and the Global Methodist Church's missional movement to make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across the globe. 

We believe in the mission, vision, and revival movement of the Global Methodist Church. We not only want to participate in this covenant body, but we also want to see it grow across the world. 

Living out the Christian faith within a larger world-wide covenant community is central to Wesleyan Methodism. We believe that deep, committed connection is not just a tradition but a biblical mandate, woven into the very fabric of New Testament Christianity. 

John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Movement, declared to the earliest Methodist preachers that “God’s design in raising up the people called ‘Methodists’” was “to spread scriptural holiness over the land.” The Global Methodist Church is reviving this Methodist Movement by faithfully upholding the doctrine, spirit, and discipline that ignited the world-changing impact of early Christianity. We believe this covenant connection is essential to preserving our faith heritage, theology, and culture, while also strengthening Appalachian Chapel’s mission, vision, and ministries for generations to come.

The Mission Of The Church: The Global Methodist Church exists to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to spread scriptural holiness across the globe. 

Vision Statement: Through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, the Global Methodist Church envisions multiplying disciples of Jesus Christ throughout the earth who flourish in scriptural holiness as we worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly. 

The church is one, holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic. The mission of the church is an extension of the mission of God. As Christ draws all people to himself, we participate in that work through our evangelism, worship, preaching, teaching, sacramental practice, works of mercy, works of piety, and fellowship. All those of every age and station stand in need of the grace that God has promised to extend to others through his body, the church. While it is ultimately the work of the Holy Spirit to change the hearts of individuals, ours is the task of sharing the good news of God as we respond to the summons of Christ in Matthew 28: “As you are going, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you,” even as Christ has promised to remain with us always, “even to the end of the age.” Following the example of early Methodists, we believe God has raised us up in order to “spread scriptural holiness across the land,” embodying that “grand depositum” of the faith that John Wesley believed had been entrusted to “the people called Methodists,” the continued striving for entire sanctification.

That the one God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – has created all things; that Jesus Christ, through the power of his cross and Resurrection, is the Lord and Savior of all the world; and that the Holy Spirit empowers the people of his church to worship and praise God and to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world in word and deed. 

Biblical Authority: The canonical books of the Old and New Testaments are the primary rule and authority for faith, morals, and service,
against which all other authorities must be measured. 

Orthodox Christianity: We affirm the life giving confessions of the Christian faith found in the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Definition of Chalcedon.

Wesleyan Distinctiveness (there are many, but here's four key ones): 

(For a full accounting of the church’s core beliefs see its Book of Doctrines and Discipline).

Our Assembly of Bishops provides spiritual leadership to the Church and are "defenders of the faith" as they guard the faith, order, unity, liturgy, doctrine, and discipline of the Church. To foster our global connection, each bishop serves multiple annual conferences across the globe and oversees church development in specific areas of the world. Bishops only serve for a defined term limit. Once they serve their terms, they will either return to ministry in a local church or to some other area of service in the general church.

Yes! As a truly global church the denomination is ethnically and racially diverse and it insists on the equal treatment of all the church’s members.

We believe that all persons irrespective of their station or circumstances in life have been made in the image of God and must be treated with dignity, justice, and respect. We denounce as sin racism, sexism, and other expressions that unjustly discriminate against any person (Genesis 1-2, Deuteronomy 16:19-20, Luke 11:42, 19:9, Colossians 3:11). 

Yes! Women, like men, are called to serve in the Global Methodist Church and are entitled to serve at all levels of the Global Methodist Church.

We believe that human sexuality is a gift of God that is to be affirmed as it is exercised within the legal and spiritual covenant of a loving and monogamous marriage between one man and one woman (Exodus 20:14, Matthew 19:3-9, Ephesians 5:22-33).

We are saddened by all expressions of sexual behavior, including pornography, polygamy, and promiscuity, that do not recognize the sacred worth of each individual or that seek to exploit, abuse, objectify, or degrade others, or that represent less than God’s intentional design for his children. While affirming a scriptural view of sexuality and gender, we welcome all to experience the redemptive grace of Jesus and are committed to being a safe place of refuge, hospitality, and healing for any who may have experienced brokenness in their sexual lives (Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:24, 1 Corinthians 6:9-20).

Local churches in the Global Methodist Church own all their property and assets in perpetuity. The Global Methodist Church does not have a “trust clause” (i.e., where local church property is held in trust for a general church or denomination).

From its earliest days, the Methodist movement has been one of mutual support within a connectional system. A connectional system allows churches to work together to make larger kingdom impacts, ensure proper accountability and credentialing, and maintain theological integrity. In short, we are better together. 

Member churches in the North Carolina Conference of the Global Methodist Church currently contribute 4% of their adjusted operational income with 3% to the GMC of NC and 1% to the greater GMC denomination. This Connectional Funding goes toward Church Planting, Clergy Recruitment, Ministry Leadership Team Development and Church Administration.

The Global Methodist Church values its connectional system and wishes to see it thrive in its support and oversight role for local churches. As the vast majority of ministry happens on the local level, the Global Methodist Church is committed to keeping local resources on the ground for local ministry.

Our pastor, Rev. Brad Farrington, would be happy to help! You can email him at brad@appchapel.org.