About Us
Grace Conway is a United Methodist Church located at 1075 Hogan Lane in West Conway. Grace was a new church start with roots at UCA and Hendrix, and we have been in our current location since the mid-90’s.
The United Methodist Church is a denomination with roots in the Church of England. John Wesley, a minister in England, believed strongly that the church should be reaching people inside and outside of the building, through study and service. That passion for study and service took hold in America as it formed, and the Methodist movement grew rapidly.
What We Believe
At Grace, we belive in Relationships, Family, and Community, and work to have those priorities show in everything we do!
We believe in grace, God's unmerited favor shown through unconditional love. We welcome diveristy and differences that help us grow closer to God and others, and we work to treat every person as an equal child of God. We seek to explore our differences through small groups that are filled with grace, respect, and openness.
We believe every person with whom we come in contact is our neighbor, and every person who shares our church is part of the Grace Family.
An we believe that Jesus Christ is God who lived with us to show us the way, the truth, and the life! We seek to grow into the example of Jesus Christ in everything we do.
What Is A United Methodist?
Grace is part of the United Methodist Church, an international connection of over 11 million members worldwide, and we are part of a connection of about 140,000 members in Arkansas. We are also strongly committed to the “kingdom of God,” that is, working with other denominations by focusing on the beliefs we hold in common.
To learn more about the United Methodist Church, visit http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/basics-of-our-faith.
We are also a “creedal church,” which means we base our beliefs and actions on “creeds,” or statements of belief. Our Social Creed is:
We believe in God, Creator of the world; and in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of creation. We believe in the Holy Spirit, through whom we acknowledge God’s gifts, and we repent of our sin in misusing these gifts to idolatrous ends.
We affirm the natural world as God’s handiwork and dedicate ourselves to its preservation, enhancement, and faithful use by humankind.
We joyfully receive for ourselves and others the blessings of community, sexuality, marriage, and the family.
We commit ourselves to the rights of men, women, children, youth, young adults, the aging, and people with disabilities; to improvement of the quality of life; and to the rights and dignity of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities.
We believe in the right and duty of persons to work for the glory of God and the good of themselves and others and in the protection of their welfare in so doing; in the rights to property as a trust from God, collective bargaining, and responsible consumption; and in the elimination of economic and social distress.
We dedicate ourselves to peace throughout the world, to the rule of justice and law among nations, and to individual freedom for all people of the world.
We believe in the present and final triumph of God’s Word in human affairs and gladly accept our commission to manifest the life of the gospel in the world. Amen.
We also frequently recite historical creeds to recognize the way our strongest beliefs have stood the test of time. One of those is the Nicene Creedand another is the Apostles’ Creed.