Scott Addison |
June 17, 2019 |
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A partnership between The Wesleyan Church of Mozambique, Kentwood Community Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Global Partners Health Network (GPHN) is working to improve health in Maratane Refugee Camp in Mozambique. Rex and Brenda Brewer, members of Kentwood...
Ron McClung |
June 17, 2019 |
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The Central New York and the Western Pennsylvania districts officially merged June 15, during a merging conference held at Victory Highway Wesleyan Church in Painted Post, New York. The new district is called the Penn York District. In February, both districts voted...
Alvin Wooters |
June 10, 2019 |
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Hoovers Grove Wesleyan Church of Denton, North Carolina, celebrated its 140th anniversary on June 2. It was founded as a preaching point* for the Wesleyan Methodist Church and became a part of the North Carolina Conference. Eighty-seventy people attended the...
Steve Arnett |
June 10, 2019 |
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Mt. Zion Wesleyan Church (New Castle, Indiana) was established in May of 1843 and began meeting in the home of Miles and Nancy Lamb with nine charter members. Two years later, they named the young church, “Duck Creek Wesleyan Methodist,” and it was part of the...
Megan England |
June 3, 2019 |
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Oklahoma Wesleyan University recently elected its sixth president, Dr. Jim Dunn, who officially took office June 1. While many candidates were considered for the role, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously in March 2019 to elect Dunn as the next president following...
Connie Rollins |
June 3, 2019 |
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During a canvassing of the neighborhood several years ago as part of a refocus effort, members of El Cajon Wesleyan Church (ECW) in southern California noticed something — the number of homeless on city streets was increasing and becoming a major concern in the...
Johanna Rugh |
May 31, 2019 |
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Spanish A small Hispanic congregation from the Distrito Hispano has been leading the way since last October 2018 by welcoming the stranger in its church. Moved by the love of Christ toward its neighbors, a ministry of compassion was started by The Good Shepherd...
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...
