Discipleship in Prisons & Sheltered Communities
Our discipleship efforts must reach “from everywhere to everywhere” and that includes populations in sheltered communities. Join this webinar for an invigorating conversation.
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Thrive Financial Spotlight: Luella Belliveau
“We’re a church who believes in fully supporting our pastor, so when I realized the benefit he could achieve through Thrive, I was on board in helping him achieve that in his own personal life,” reflected Belliveau.
Wanted by God
I had tried so many different things in life, but nothing seemed to fill that God-shaped void.
Five insights from 50 years of ministry
This October, during Pastor Appreciation Month, let’s be quick to celebrate the service of the men and women who so faithfully and humbly lead in their ministries each day.
Thrive In 5: Emotional – Feeling Safe
Since March 2020 the world in which we live feels like a dangerous place. For some of us, that sense of danger is actually real. For others of us, the sense of danger is more in our nonconscious perception of threat.
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – Lectio Divina (Devotional Reading)
Lectio Divina is one way you can read Scripture to abide in God’s presence and to experience his living Word for you today.
Nudge leads to life change
How is God urging you to welcome someone “outside” into your “inside?”
Micro-discipleship: small moments shape us
Seemingly small actions speak a profoundly larger message when it comes to discipleship.
Thrive in 5: Financial – Overarching Biblical Themes on Money and Possessions
The Bible contains more verses on money and possessions than nearly any other topic. Howard Dayton teaches that there are over 2,300 such verses.
Spiritual Disciplines in a Fast Paced World
Do you have a reaction when you hear the words “spiritual discipline?” Does it conjure up images of your grandparents’ faith? Join us for a conversation on “Spiritual Disciplines in a Fast-Paced World.”
Reconciliation: my journey of multiethnic ministry
Whereas the religious power brokers of his day used the table to exclude people, Jesus used the table to include people.
The healing balm of creativity
When God created man and woman in his creative image, he didn’t then ask them to sit back and watch.
Christians and the fear of death
The whole story of God both compels a life and compassion and frees us from the fear of death.
Thrive In 5: Relational – Trust and Trustworthiness
Trust and trustworthiness are essential qualities of relationships that last a lifetime.
Laura Smith Haviland – a force for change
Along with her husband, Laura Smith Haviland established the first station on the Underground Railroad in Adrian, Michigan.
LaOtto: committed to a higher law
LaOtto Wesleyan Church broke the law to obey a higher law — God’s law.
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – With God in Suffering and Weakness
During this time of Covid-19, we feel it is vitally important for pastors to continue to learn to carve out a few moments each day to simply be with God in prayer.
Gold teeth, tea and a transformed life
Even a short-statured, gold-toothed, Muslim-background, dialect-speaking gypsy lady living in Europe can worship our Lord.
Reconciliation: my journey of multiethnic ministry
My privileges meant a head start and not dealing with barriers and challenges people of color must persevere through almost daily.
Thrive Financial Spotlight: Daniel Mottayaw
When asked what he’d say to those considering TFI, Daniel says, “The TFI money is pretty much dependable; but what I’ve really learned in this process beyond that is how God can provide in so many ways you can’t even count on or be sure of… so there
Gavel of holiness
The Wesleyan Church’s official gavel is made from a dogwood tree, upon which Micajah McPherson was hanged because of his anti-slavery principles.
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – The Nature, Necessity, and Practice of Solitude and Silence
Jesus needed it. So did Moses, Elijah, Mary, and Paul. And that is just for starters. All the leading Fathers and Mothers throughout church history needed it, too. People like Augustine, Luther, Wesley, Calvin, and modern spiritual leaders such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer,...
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – Have You Experienced the Love of God?
The one thing that is everything is friendship with God in Christ..
The Adam Crooks Award
In a culture increasingly unfriendly to opposition, may we all have courage in our convictions to stand for what is right and with those being wronged.
