Communication Team |
October 1, 2018 |
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One October night in 2006, my wife blindsided me* with this question: “What would you think if God wanted us to be missionaries?” I had never considered that possibility before and was not ready to consider it then. “Why in the world would God want us to do that?” I...
Rachel Ashley |
October 1, 2018 |
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In 2009, when the existence of traditional, on-campus seminaries was being challenged and most seminaries in the United States were reexamining how they could continue to educate ministers, Wesley Seminary, the first seminary officially affiliated with The Wesleyan...
Cory Doiron |
October 1, 2018 |
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January 6, 2019, will mark two years that we have been gathering regularly as Church For Neighbors in Portland, Oregon. So much has happened over the last two years that it would be impossible for me to fit it into this update. However, I’d like to share a little bit...
Sophie Savage |
September 17, 2018 |
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Hurricane Florence has forced evacuations for millions of people along the coast and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands. World Hope International (WHI) is actively working with Wesleyan pastors and district superintendents across South Carolina, North...
Dave Higle |
September 17, 2018 |
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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 with “Pastor Appreciation Month.” The research partnership on clergy well-being between...
Communication Team |
September 17, 2018 |
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The Wesleyan Church (TWC) 2018 statistics show 138,190 members, 235,100 in worship attendance, 30,907 conversions and 11,560 baptisms. Between 2018 and 2017, membership declined 2.0 percent, attendance declined 2.0 percent, conversions declined 3.8 percent and...
Jessica White |
September 13, 2018 |
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Rev. Keith Carroll, associate pastor at Mt. Zion Wesleyan Church in Thomasville, North Carolina, has been a minster for 38 years. In almost three decades, he has only missed one year of The Gathering, because he sees it as a time of encouragement, insight and...
Wayne Schmidt |
September 12, 2018 |
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According to today’s forecast for Hurricane Florence, 23.7 million residents of the Carolinas and Virginia are in the path of the Category 4 storm. Nearly 30,000 of those residents attend Wesleyan churches. Thanks to diligent meteorologists and the media, residents in...
Communication Team |
September 3, 2018 |
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Delegates from the East Michigan, Illinois, North Michigan and West Michigan districts met at Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, Michigan, on Friday, August 24, to complete their merger, forming the new Great Lakes District. The new district elected Rev. Chris Conrad...
Megan England |
September 3, 2018 |
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One hundred nine years. Seven antecedents. Five generations. Two denominations. One OKWU. Oklahoma Wesleyan University has a unique history — spanning a wide geographic and generational range, the result of a series of mergers between Bible colleges in California,...
Rachel Ashley |
September 3, 2018 |
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When Tom Cochran started his Master of Divinity program at Wesley Seminary in 2010, he was deep in the process of launching a church plant. New Journey Community Church in Wabash, Indiana, launched in February 2010 under the direction of Tom and his wife, Sarah, after...
Tricia Rife |
August 20, 2018 |
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After nearly a decade of having church in a portable location, Vintage Church in Randleman, North Carolina, is celebrating its new, stationary location. Vintage celebrated its first service February 4, 2018, in its new location, a former grocery store in the town of...
Randy Lance |
August 20, 2018 |
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A core value at Thrive Church in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, is intentional multiplication. We envision having a transforming presence in 10 area ZIP codes in 10 years’ time. We see value in multiplication locally and globally, in various modes: church plant,...
Wayne Schmidt |
August 20, 2018 |
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In Simon Sinek’s book, Start With Why,1 he unfolds a why/what/how framework. The “why” is the heart of the matter, and what energizes change. In the words of my friend, Duffy Smith, “the ‘why’ gives permission to the ‘what.’” I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the...
Casey Spaugh |
August 16, 2018 |
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Summer Sunday mornings at Armbrust Wesleyan Church in Hunker, Pennsylvania, are a little different than your average church. Every Sunday morning, June through August, many worshippers can gather early and park in a lower level parking lot with cars all facing a small...
Tricia Rife |
August 15, 2018 |
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God is moving in the midst of the Appalachian and Pocono Mountains and those at Journeymate Wesleyan Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, have a front row seat to watch. Journeymate, planted seven years ago in the small college town, just became a fully-organized,...
Dina Horne and Jackie Fussner |
August 6, 2018 |
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Young adults are often pulled in two directions. Sometimes they hear, “delay ‘adulting’ and go have a grand adventure.” Other times, they feel pressure, “go figure out your place in the world and find a stable career.” These mixed and opposing messages can lead to a...
Tricia Rife |
August 6, 2018 |
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A new kind of pastor is emerging on the North American mission field, one referred to as a freelance, marketplace or co-vocational pastor. The concept is familiar to The Wesleyan Church. “For Wesleyans,” said Ed Love, multiplication director for The Wesleyan Church,...
Janelle Vernon |
August 6, 2018 |
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The South Coastal District conference, in its 18th annual session on Friday, July 20, 2018, at the 12Stone Sugarloaf John Maxwell Center in Duluth, Georgia, approved a new district leadership model. The District Board of Administration elected Rev. Stephen Lane,...
Janelle Vernon |
July 16, 2018 |
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Education and Clergy Development is advancing Christian higher education through a new initiative called WE5 that celebrates the combined strength and ongoing impact of the five colleges and universities of The Wesleyan Church: Houghton College, Indiana Wesleyan...
Communication Team |
July 16, 2018 |
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Many Houghton College, Indiana Wesleyan University, Kingswood University, Oklahoma Wesleyan University and Southern Wesleyan University students spend their summers telling others about Jesus. Following are stories of the many ways these students are a transforming...
Tricia Rife |
July 2, 2018 |
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For 10 years, The Ransom Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been making an impact on the spiritual climate of the 57104, 57105 and 57108 ZIP codes. This fall, a new campus will expand its impact to include the 57106 and 57107 ZIP codes. The church hopes to...
Ron McClung |
June 28, 2018 |
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Dr. Matthew Pickering was recently appointed by the Western Pennsylvania District District Board of Administration as interim district superintendent and introduced to the district conference on Monday, June 25, 2018. Dr. Pickering (pictured right) is the...
Ron McClung |
June 21, 2018 |
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The Chesapeake District conference, in its annual session on Monday, June 18, 2018, at the New Life Wesleyan Church in La Plata, Maryland, approved a new leadership model for its district, by an overwhelmingly affirmative vote. The new leadership model features a Lead...
