Kevin Barnsdale | September 20, 2017 |
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Make WERF donations here. “It is with confidence in our God, gratitude for the Church and a request for continued prayer and relief ministry that I write,” said General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt. “The Wesleyan Church has been an ‘immediate responder’ in the many...
Michelle Hillman | September 20, 2017 |
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Dr. Shirley A. Mullen, president of Houghton College, has been named one of Western New York’s 100 most powerful women. The annual listing, published by Buffalo Business First, highlights 100 female leaders who are fostering change in their communities and Western New...
Cory and Jennifer Ellison | September 18, 2017 |
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Ankha is a pastor in Ikh Tamir, Mongolia, but this is not where she expected to end up. After high school, she left her village to go to the city 10 hours away to attend a university for engineering. Influenced by her pastor, she transferred schools and began Bible...
Dave Higle | September 17, 2017 |
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Being a pastor is widely recognized as one of the most difficult vocations in society. Every October, churches across North America pay tribute to pastors and their ministry. October is Pastor Appreciation Month, a time to tangibly recognize pastors for jobs requiring...
Janelle Vernon | September 13, 2017 |
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Click the following link to donate: http://donate.wesleyan.org/werf/hurricaneirma Volunteers for clean-up and roof repair can contact Poured Out at poured-out.org. General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt is activating the Wesleyan Emergency Relief Fund in response to...
Dr. Jerry Pence | September 12, 2017 |
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Brooksville Wesleyan Church members and friends rejoice there’s been no loss of life in the historic storm that hit the state of Florida with fury on September 10 and 11. Senior pastor Jerry Pence reports that the long-term implications for recovery of Hurricane Irma...
Janelle Vernon | September 11, 2017 |
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Florida District Superintendent Patrick Styers has yet to hear from three churches located in the hardest-hit areas in the state. He says initial reports are positive with no people harmed and minimal property damage incurred, but significant debris. “The greatest...
Ed Welch | September 11, 2017 |
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CENTRAL, S.C. – For the fourth consecutive year, Southern Wesleyan University has experienced enrollment growth within its traditional program. Enrollment of traditional students has been consistently climbing since Fall Semester 2013. Southern Wesleyan’s headcount is...
Jimmy Tomlin | September 9, 2017 |
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Here is an article written by Jimmy Tomlin of the HP Enterprise on Pastor Jonathan and his trip to Puerto Rico during Hurricane Irma. When Hurricane Irma makes her presence known in High Point this week, one local man will be seeing the storm for the second time....
Ed Welch | September 8, 2017 |
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To date, Young has hiked major portions of the Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,180 mile long public footpath that extends from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. He didn’t even know the AT existed until he attended Bates College in Maine as an...
Michelle Hillman | September 7, 2017 |
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Houghton College was recently ranked as one of Forbes Magazine’s 650 Top Colleges for 2017. Houghton was included on the liberal arts universities list, was among the 394 private colleges and ranked as one of the top 195 institutions in the Northeast. The college was...
Communication Team | September 7, 2017 |
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Wesleyan churches continue to commit finances, supplies and workers to assist in hurricane relief and recovery efforts. Recently joining efforts are New Life, La Plata, Maryland, Christ Wesleyan, Milton, Pennsylvania, and Cornerstone Community (CCC), Charlottesville,...
Tom Carney | September 7, 2017 |
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A regular attender of about a year or so has grown so much in their faith here at Journeymate Ministry Wesleyan Church (JMWC) in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, that when an unexpected inheritance came, the recipient wrestled with what to do with it. The end result was...
Tricia Rife | September 7, 2017 |
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A beloved leader in The Wesleyan Church has passed away. Rev. David LeRoy, age 64, died in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, September 6. An ordained minister with the Atlantic District, he served as district superintendent of the Dakota District from 1993 to 1997, and...
Ron McClung | September 7, 2017 |
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Worship attendance in The Wesleyan Church in North America reached an all-time high for the tenth consecutive year in 2016-2017. On a typical weekend, nearly 240,000 people walk through the doors of our Wesleyan churches in the United States and Canada. To be...
Communication Team | September 7, 2017 |
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What can happen when a leader hears the voice of God? When Keith Loy heard God’s voice 18 years ago to plant a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he knew he was supposed to plant a church family where everyone was welcome. What he didn’t know at the time was how...
Tricia Rife | September 6, 2017 |
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Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. Hamburg Wesleyan Joining in Harvey Clean Up Hamburg Wesleyan Church in...
Peggy Yetman | August 31, 2017 |
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It has been almost two weeks since the ‘Impact’ team from New Brunswick and Boaz Global Ministries left Slave Lake Wesleyan Church in Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. What a week. To recap, we met over 40 children, had one family (mom and two children) give their lives to...
Tricia Rife | August 30, 2017 |
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Wesleyans are invited to combine spiritual formation with personal renewal on an interactive discipleship cruise to Cuba and the Bahamas May 21-25, 2018. Passengers will depart from Miami, Florida, aboard the Norwegian Sky cruise ship and sail through the Caribbean...
Janelle Vernon | August 30, 2017 |
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Fall semester is underway for our five Wesleyan schools. Annually more than 18,000 students enroll at Houghton, Kingswood, Indiana Wesleyan, Southern Wesleyan and Oklahoma Wesleyan. Following are two students that overcame obstacles to pursue a degree at a Wesleyan...
Tricia Rife | August 30, 2017 |
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Dr. Storer Emmett died August 25 in Cooperstown, New York, at age 84. Emmett placed his faith in Jesus at a young age and sensed God’s call to medical missions while a teenager. He and his wife, Wilma, began their missionary service in 1960 at a mission hospital in...
Janelle Vernon | August 29, 2017 |
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“Wesleyans are mobilizing spiritually and physically to provide relief, as well as long-term recovery, for Hurricane Harvey victims,” said General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt. “Thank you for being a people of prayer and action. God will be glorified through both.”...
Tricia Rife | August 29, 2017 |
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Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. Orphaned Sierra Leonean children building new lives, post flooding Children...
Sandy Metz | August 29, 2017 |
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Community Life Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted a block party that volunteers say was “anointed in more ways than we can count.” Three other Wesleyan churches, located in Indiana (Brookhaven Wesleyan in Marion; Trinity Church East in Fishers; and Trinity Church in...
