E-zine is the electronic newsletter of The Wesleyan Church. Updated regularly, E-zine will give you the latest news of General Church, district, and local church events and ministries.
E-zine - Recent Articles
The Least of These
Aug. 24, 2010
Pastor Rob Tippey at Fort Wayne, Level 13 Church, has been preaching through the Book of Hebrews. After a recent message, a parishioner sent a message via Facebook, saying how much God had used the series to help him get closer to God than ever before. He asked the question about what the church would look like if they were a church for “the least of these.”
Choices Count
Aug. 19, 2010
You and I have an opportunity to make good choices every day.
According to the newscasts I’ve seen recently, one would think that only poor choices are highlighted in life. By all means, who chooses to reach through the window and hit a drive-thru restaurant attendant because it is too early in the day to serve chicken nuggets for lunch?
Information or Transformation?
Aug. 6, 2010
What is the purpose of your Sunday school? Why are people asked to attend a small group meeting throughout the week? Frankly, why does your entire ministry or church exist? Think about it. Sunday school originally started in England to teach literacy to children on Sunday because they worked in the factory Monday through Friday and sometimes through Saturday. So, the name Sunday school took literal meaning.
Kentwood’s Five Key Strategies
Aug. 6, 2010
Dr. Wayne Schmidt talks about the “Five Key Strategies” a church can use to permeate its community for Christ.
The earlier the better: A strategic focus on children’s discipleship and mentoring is key to reaching families and training a generation for tomorrow.
Just a Loaf of Bread
Jul. 16, 2010
Iglesia Cristiana Wesleyana in Kernersville, NC, has always been out in front as a [North Carolina East] district leader in compassionate ministries. Pastor Fermin Bocanegra shares this touching story about meeting needs.
The Tribe of the Transplanted
Jul. 1, 2010
In his book, Primal, Mark Batterson (who will speak at The Gathering in January in Jacksonville) tells a story from Charles Siebert’s book, A Man After His Own Heart. He describes the effects of a human heart transplant he observed at New York’s Presbyterian Hospital. He then attended an annual banquet put on by the hospital for every heart transplant recipient.
Your Church Can Win
Jun. 16, 2010
Back in the 1950’s when Pastor Orval Butcher launched Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, Calif., he did it with a heart commitment to reach the unchurched. He looked out over the landscape of his community and realized the need was great and the churches committed to evangelism and proclaiming the gospel were few.
Your Church Can Win
Jun. 3, 2010
Tim Sanders, in his book Love is the Killer App, writes, “Those of us who use love as a point of differentiation in business will separate ourselves from our competitors.” If our ultimate goal is getting people into the Kingdom, our “competition” is not another church in town, but anything that a person could be trying to substitute for a relationship with Christ.
National Day of Prayer Was Largest Ever
May. 20, 2010
The 2010 National Day of Prayer (NDP), despite generating more controversy than in recent years, went off mostly without a hitch May 6.
Even with a controversial court ruling the week prior, Americans turned out in droves to pray for their leaders and for God’s blessing.
The annual observance of the National Day of Prayer on Capitol Hill had become almost routine until this year, when a federal judge ruled the law creating the day is unconstitutional. Ironically, that ruling may have energized Christians participating in the event.
Your Church Can Win
Apr. 15, 2010
What are people looking for when they come into a church these days? An atmosphere of grace, love, and acceptance. Although I’ve never been to one (which speaks less about me that I have not ventured into such a meeting just to observe and learn), I assume that the reason a person is willing to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is because they know that everyone in the room is trying to experience freedom from the same addiction. Judgment and criticism have no place there.
