Predestination

The Wesleyan Church holds to a modified or conditional view of predestination rather than the Calvinist doctrine of absolute predestination. God's predestination is grounded in His foreknowledge of who will believe in Christ through faith, not on an arbitrary decree. This does not mean God is surprised by human choices but that His knowledge is complete and timeless, seeing all things as they actually are.

Crucially, the church teaches that prevenient grace—grace that goes before or precedes human faith—restores free will to all people despite the bondage of original sin. Thus, every person has the genuine ability to accept or reject God's offer of salvation. God does not predestine some to damnation; rather, all who reject God do so through their own refusal of His grace. The elect are those God foreknew would believe; the non-elect are those God foreknew would reject Him. This maintains both God's sovereignty and human responsibility.