The Methodist Church of Aztec is a small church in Aztec, New Mexico. We sing. We keep a pantry. We leave the doors open for neighbors who need a meeting room.
Jay has a business degree from New Mexico State University, where he met Laura. He studied at Duke Divinity School. He has served churches across New Mexico, including years as an intentional interim pastor. With Laura working in the Four Corners, he accepted the call here.
Laura is our worship director. She helps the room sing, old hymns and new songs alike.
Beth leads children and youth programs.
We are a local Methodist church on Chaco Street. We are affiliated with the Global Methodist Church. Our shared mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to spread scriptural holiness. The mark in the header is that affiliation; the story of this congregation stays first.
We watch over one another in love, keep a pantry, and leave the doors open for neighbors who need a meeting room.
Read the Book of Doctrines and DisciplineGod’s love is for all people. Grace is God’s active help, from first awakening to life with God.
God is already at work in every life, before we ask.
Grace wakes us to our need and calls us to turn toward Christ.
By faith in Jesus we are forgiven and made right with God — not by our own works.
The Holy Spirit keeps cleansing the heart and growing us in holy love.
Our hope is life with God, body and soul restored.
The Old and New Testaments are our primary rule for faith and life.
There is one living God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus is fully God and fully human. He died, rose, and will come again.
The Spirit is God with us, giving life and power to love.
We cannot save ourselves. We need the grace of God in Christ.
We are made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by what we earn.
The church is a congregation where the Word is preached and the sacraments are given.
Christ gave two sacraments: baptism (including children) and the Lord’s Supper.
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
He ascended into heaven,
Is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic* church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body
and the life everlasting. Amen.
* catholic means universal
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his Kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic* and apostolic church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
* catholic means universal
These sentences introduce the faith we share. The Articles of Religion and the Confession of Faith are the full doctrinal standards of the Global Methodist Church. Read them at globalmethodist.org.
We are seeking a musician to accompany Sunday services and special occasions. It is a paid position: traditional hymns and contemporary songs. Call the office at (505) 334-6524 if that is you.
Glass, rope, pews, and the book in the sanctuary. No names are published with photographs of people.
