What does it really mean to be a movement of the Holy Spirit? In this episode of the Voices of Trinity Podcast, Rev. Dr. Luther Oconer, Conference Superintendent of the Mega Manila Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church and Associate Professor of Global Wesleyan Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, joins Rev. Jason Burnham to unpack how the Holy Spirit fuels Wesleyan holiness, mission, and revival in our day. Together they explore why Spirit-empowered ministry is normative Christianity—not an optional extra—and how the early Methodists modeled a “church of Pentecost” that stayed nimble, missional, and hungry for God. Dr. Oconer traces John Wesley’s own journey with the Holy Spirit, from striving for holiness through discipline to encountering a “strangely warmed” heart at Aldersgate. He explains how Wesley’s language of grace is really language of the Spirit’s power at every stage of salvation—prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace. The conversation dives into: Why Acts 1:8, Acts 2, and 1 Corinthians 4:20 still define Spirit-led witness todayHow the Holy Spirit works through the means of grace—Word, prayer, Holy Communion, and Christian community—to heal, assure, and transform usThe role of repentance, faith, and holiness as core marks of a Spirit-filled Methodist movementHow emotion, intellect, and experience belong together in “heart religion,” not in opposition to each other Dr. Oconer also shares powerful, real-time stories of the Spirit at work—from revival meetings in Qatar and the Philippines to new Global Methodist congregations being birthed in hard soil and on the frontier. You’ll hear how listening prayer, prophecy, and openness to “holy interruptions” are shaping leadership, decision-making, and church planting in the Mega Manila Conference—and what that might look like in the Trinity Conference and beyond. Subscribe to the channel for more Holy Spirit–focused conversations. Share this with a pastor, lay leader, or friend who is hungry for renewal in their local church. Get to know the Trinity Conference at: https://trinitygmc.org/
