In Being United Methodist, popular and well-loved author J. Ellsworth Kalas uses his approachable style to address a topic that sometimes seems complicated even to those who have reflected upon it for years.

In this book, Kalas explores questions such as Who are these people called United Methodists? Where have they come from, and where are they going? And how is it that so few of them really know what it means to be a United Methodist? What makes them tick, and in a spasmodically changing world, what keeps them ticking?

Contents: How it all began -- A village that made a difference -- How to be exclusively inclusive -- A people of head and heart -- What Methodists believe -- A people moving to perfection -- The redeemed person in an unredeemed society -- Singing like a Methodist -- How Methodism became America's church -- Methodism and her several children -- Methodism today --What is the future of Methodism?