Tricia Rife |
May 20, 2019 |
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“The church could have survived another 10 years, but what would have been the point? There were never guests or baptisms. Families were leaving. Our kid ministry rooms were closets. It sounds like complacency, but we called it normal.” Rev. Tim Fox, of Goldsboro,...
Communication Team |
May 20, 2019 |
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More than 200 Wesleyans from over 50 countries gathered May 12-15 in Bridgetown, Barbados for the fourth International Conference of The Wesleyan Church (ICWC). The event consisted of worship, business, training and deep connection shaped by the conference theme,...
Ron McClung |
May 20, 2019 |
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Rev. Maria Acuna attended her first meeting of the General Board of The Wesleyan Church as it convened its 139th session on May 7 – 8, 2019, at the denominational headquarters in Fishers, Indiana. Acuna serves as the pastor of La Gran Comision Wesleyan Church in...
Tricia Rife |
May 6, 2019 |
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“The DNA of multiplication oozes from our pores.” Katie Lance, co-pastor of Thrive Church in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, believes wholeheartedly in church planting — and the importance of Church Multiplication Sunday (CMS), an initiative of The Wesleyan Church to provide...
Dennis Jackson |
May 6, 2019 |
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Say “Ja!” It has been a long time since I’ve preached on Easter Sunday. My role doesn’t really invite opportunities to be a guest speaker on that specific church holy day. But here I was in Paramaribo, Suriname, sharing the theme message — Go! Win one soul for the...
Communication Team |
May 3, 2019 |
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Cyclone activity continues to impact the countries around the Indian Ocean. Our church family in Bangladesh asks that you think and pray for them in the coming hours. The following has been received from Joshe Bose, DS of Bangladesh: Dear Respected Ministry Partners...
Communication Team |
April 22, 2019 |
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Many, if not most, of you are by now aware of the tragic situation that occurred yesterday, Easter Sunday morning, in Sri Lanka. Please join our national church members in prayer for those suffering from loss of life, loved ones and a sense of normality. Dennis...
Peter Rigby |
April 15, 2019 |
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I rejoice with The Wesleyan Church over the contents of a communication Dr. Albert Jebanesan (Pastor Jebi) wrote to our Central Canada District (CCD) leadership last month, “The year 2019 marks the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the TCCC [Tamil Christian Church...
Ben Ward |
April 15, 2019 |
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The strategic focus of The Wesleyan Church in the United States is best summed up in the statement: “Celebrating every time a disciple makes a disciple and a church multiplies itself until The Wesleyan Church has a transforming presence in every ZIP code.” The focus...
Ron McClung |
April 15, 2019 |
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Rev. Jason Berry has been appointed interim district superintendent by the South Coastal District board of administration (DBA). Rev. Stephen Lane, who was appointed to a one-year term as interim district superintendent in 2018, submitted his resignation to the DBA in...
Johanna Rugh |
April 15, 2019 |
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Español “’Maundi’ is the Latin word mandatum, which means ‘mandate’ or ‘commandment.’ We have a commandment given by Jesus to love one another just as Christ loves us,” stated in the book, Preaching God’s Transforming Justice (Ronald J. Allen, Dale P. Andrews and Dawn...
Janelle Vernon |
April 1, 2019 |
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A property sale on March 14 marks the transition from Hephzibah Ministries’ local-based ministry to a North American church-wide ministry. Hephzibah Ministries, now Hephzibah62:4, has turned a page in its long and fruitful history, continuing to honor its mission to...
Tricia Rife |
April 1, 2019 |
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Following is an update about Mozambique relief efforts, after a devastating cyclone hit the area in mid-March. Give to WERF Since Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique in southeast Africa two weeks ago, The Wesleyan Church and World Hope International (WHI) have partnered with...
Ron McClung |
March 21, 2019 |
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Robert W. McIntyre, General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church from 1973 to 1988, died on March 20, 2019, at the age of 96. He was born June 20, 1922 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and moved to South Dakota in 1935, Upon graduating from high school in Redfield, South...
TWC |
March 19, 2019 |
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Donate to Mozambique WERF According to The Washington Post, Cyclone Idai could be the deadliest storm in generations to hit the impoverished southeast African country of 30 million people located along the Indian Ocean. More than 1,000 people are feared dead from...
Ethan Linder |
March 18, 2019 |
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Many church planters receive their call while already serving in another form of pastoral ministry; but few have the chance to prepare for church planting by immersing themselves in an engaging church plant near the city they feel called to serve. Church planting...
Phyllis Isaac |
March 18, 2019 |
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Jersey City First Wesleyan Church (JCFWC) in Jersey City, New Jersey, is celebrating its 100th year of ministry in 2019. Nestled in urban Jersey City, JCFWC is made up of lay and clergy who exemplify the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16 – 20) in the midst of various...
Megan England |
March 18, 2019 |
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Dr. Jim Dunn is the newly-elected sixth president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Dunn’s election was announced on March 15, at the end of the Spring 2019 OKWU Board of Trustees meeting. “The Board of Trustees of Oklahoma Wesleyan University is pleased to...
Janelle Vernon |
March 18, 2019 |
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Twenty-seven songwriters gathered at Trinity Church, Fishers, Indiana, March 14 to 16, to participate in the second Wesleyan Worship Project retreat. Their goal was to create some new and distinctly Wesleyan songs to share with The Wesleyan Church and others who share...
Mark Eckart |
March 18, 2019 |
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Several months ago, Edinburgh Wesleyan Church in Edinburgh, Indiana, ran out of people and resources, and it was forced to close. Since Flintwood Wesleyan Church (FWC) is only about 15 to 20 minutes from Edinburgh, I asked Rev. Wes Jones, pastor of FWC, if he thought...
Ron McClung |
March 4, 2019 |
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The Central New York and the Western Pennsylvania districts have taken preliminary steps to merge. On February 16, 2019, the Western Pennsylvania District conference voted to merge by a vote of 79-8. On February 23, the Central New York District conference voted to...
Communication Team |
March 4, 2019 |
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The annual District Administrators Institute, held February 21 and 22, included training and testing on the new, mobile-friendly Annual Service Report (ASR) and Local Church Statistical Report (LCSR), part of ongoing portal improvements. Held at The Wesleyan Church...
Global Partners team |
February 28, 2019 |
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“My heart is broken for the people we had to leave behind!” This is just one reflection from Global Partners missionaries who were forced to evacuate Haiti in February because of unrest and violence in the country. The escalating unrest caused the U.S. Embassy to...
Olivia Ortmann |
February 18, 2019 |
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Gloria, a single woman in ministry, faced significant challenges as a leader in her local Colombian church. Her gender and marital status raised barriers limiting her ability to use all of her strengths and gifts to reach the lost. Despite her family’s disapproval and...
