Cross and flame

[3] John Wesley experienced assurance on Aldersgate Day when he said that his heart was "strangely warmed"; the flame in various Methodist logos additionally symbolizes this.

The flame is a reminder of Pentecost when witnesses were unified by the power of the Holy Spirit and saw "tongues, as of fire" (Acts 2:3).

[9] In September 2020, the North Texas Annual Conference voted 558-176 at its annual meeting to send legislation to the 2021 General Conference, the denomination's global decision-making body, to begin the process for changing the logo due to its association with the racist imagery of a burning cross.

[10] In the Free Methodist Church, the cross and flame logo is used to symbolize the "Holy Spirit spreading across the entire world".

[4] The globe (on which the cross and flame are superimposed) alludes to John Wesley's dictum for Methodist believers: "The world is my parish" representing the missional purpose of the Church.

[11] This Free Methodist cross and flame logo was designed in 1985 by Les Rice, a graphic artist of the FMC Light and Life Press.

[11] The logo of the Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church has a cross and flame, along with a dove.

(Gen. 1:2b) And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, "You are My beloved Son; in you I am well pleased."

(Acts 2:3,4) The fire represents the presence of God in the life of His people (the church) through the Holy Spirit.