Communication Team |
August 19, 2019 |
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Faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of Wesley Seminary celebrated its tenth anniversary on August 8, 2019. Established on July 1, 2009, Wesley Seminary, located in Marion, Indiana, is the official seminary of The Wesleyan Church (TWC). Wesley Seminary...
Jim Terwilliger |
August 19, 2019 |
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“Believe” was the theme of the 2019 National Wesleyan Bible Bowl (WBB) Tournament. At the opening rally, I shared that believing, more than accepting something to be true or memorizing a bunch of verses, is a way of life, allowing the Scripture we study to impact our...
Micah Kimball |
August 19, 2019 |
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In the summer of 2017, Crosstown Fellowship Church in Port St. Lucie, Florida, had merely 15 members and found itself steadily shrinking, despite being planted only five years prior. Rev. John Croft, widely recognized for his work as director of the JESUS Film...
Jennifer Jones |
August 19, 2019 |
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If you pass through Easley, South Carolina, you are not likely to turn onto Rice Road at the old Alice textile mill, with its row upon row of modest family housing. So, if you pass by United Wesleyan Church (UWC), you’re probably lost. But here we are, a mid-sized...
Tricia Rife |
August 15, 2019 |
News Wesleyans in the News
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. Houghton welcomes new MBA director Houghton College welcomes David Klooster...
Marilyn Searcey |
August 5, 2019 |
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As another Sunday morning service began, I stood at the front to welcome the congregants to Renovate Church in Delmar, Maryland. I could see an elderly gentleman enter the doors of the small sanctuary, and immediately his eyes locked on the two large screens that hang...
Micah Kimball |
August 5, 2019 |
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Great Lakes District (known as Great Lakes Region) held its first district conference “under one banner” this weekend with its newest addition of the Wisconsin District, whose merger with Great Lakes was approved by the General Board in May of this year. Comprised of...
Ron McClung |
August 5, 2019 |
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Three district superintendents in The Wesleyan Church retired or transitioned to other ministries in the summer of 2019. Dr. Peter Rigby retired from the superintendency of the Central Canada District after serving for six years. Prior to his serving in district...
Ron McClung |
August 5, 2019 |
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Two new district superintendents were elected on consecutive days in late July, and two others were reelected. Rev. Nate Rovenstine was elected district superintendent (DS) for the Kansas District, and Dr. Devon Smith was elected DS for the Tri-State District. Prior...
Tricia Rife |
August 1, 2019 |
News Wesleyans in the News
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. Jersey City woman turns 110 on D-Day’s 75th anniversary A longtime member of...
Communication Team |
July 31, 2019 |
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Tom, a local church pastor, was struggling with how to lead his board well. He would present his vision and some ideas, but they never seemed to take ownership and join Tom on the journey to reach those goals. He’d tried several different approaches, but now he felt...
Nathan Adams |
July 31, 2019 |
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In 2018, Moncton Wesleyan Church (MWC) in New Brunswick, Canada, launched its All Nations Ministry. The goal was to reach out to immigrants and refugees from all over the world who had moved to our city in record numbers. Now, a year later, the once monochromatic...
Communications Team |
July 31, 2019 |
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Hephzibah62:4, a Wesleyan subsidiary organization, continues to take steps toward a full launch, targeted for fall 2019. A new financial model provides for all administrative costs to be funded by interest earned on investment from the March 14 sale of the former...
Communication Team |
July 24, 2019 |
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English El Departamento de Educación y Desarrollo del Clero (ECD, por sus siglas en inglés) está haciendo todo lo posible para ofrecer más oportunidades para que los estudiantes ministeriales hispanos asistan a clases a través de FLAMA. Este es el caso de los...
Ed Welch |
July 22, 2019 |
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Southern Wesleyan University religion majors can move more quickly toward completion of their seminary degree, thanks to an agreement signed with Wesley Seminary. The signing took place July 13 during the annual conference for the South Carolina District of The...
Communication Team |
July 15, 2019 |
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Spanish Education and Clergy Development (ECD) is doing its best to increase the opportunity for Hispanic ministerial students to attend classes through FLAMA. Ministerial students from the Chesapeake District of The Wesleyan Church are the latest district to benefit....
Micah Kimball |
July 15, 2019 |
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Resurrection Life Church (ResLife) in the Gladden Farms community of Marana, Arizona, is experiencing the presence and blessings of God abundantly after only four months of its planting. ResLife officially opened its doors March 17 of this year, a plant of two...
Communication Team |
July 15, 2019 |
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Giving to missions is a growing trend and transforming influence in the Indiana South District. In 2014, the district was looking for a new project to support with missions-related giving, one that would “be used to draw district churches into a pattern of supporting...
Tricia Rife |
July 11, 2019 |
News Wesleyans in the News
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. Houghton president reflects on extension program Dr. Shirley A. Mullen,...
Communication Team |
July 1, 2019 |
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Clergy members in the United States received good news this week, in the area of housing allowance. Batts, Morrison, Wales & Lee, certified public accountants who serve The Wesleyan Church, forwarded to General Treasurer Kevin Batman an announcement issued...
Communication Team |
July 1, 2019 |
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The church multiplication momentum, evidenced by the growing number of Wesleyans attending Exponential, is being launched for discipleship. More than 101 Wesleyans attended the first official discipleship shoulder event on June 24, held in conjunction with the Amplify...
Micah Kimball |
July 1, 2019 |
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The Central Canada District (CCD) is seeing a change in leadership upon the retirement of Dr. Peter Rigby (right) after six years of dedicated service as district superintendent (DS). Rigby pastored at Kingston Standard Wesleyan Church in Kingston, Ontario, for 34...
Santes Beatty |
June 28, 2019 |
News
The multiethnic team within Church Multiplication and Discipleship is growing. Several months ago, Rev. Santes Beatty, Multiethnic Ministries director for The Wesleyan Church, saw a need for his team to expand in order to better serve Wesleyan churches and their...
Micah Kimball |
June 27, 2019 |
News
Over the last two years, The Church Multiplication Collective of The Wesleyan Church has partnered with Exponential to bring more than 50 Wesleyan leaders through multiplication cohorts, providing inspiration and practical understanding of church multiplication. Each...
