Andrea Gunter | April 19, 2018 |
Colleges News
In response to the growing demand for ministry education at all levels in convenient formats, Kingswood University is delighted to announce Kingswood Extended. Kingswood Extended is an initiative that allows for the delivery of ministry education at any level...
Kate Lyons | April 16, 2018 |
Colleges Featured News News
Prayers of consecration are always holy moments, but this one was a rare moment indeed, especially for Dr. Colleen Derr. Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University took its first steps into the future under the new leadership of Derr on Wednesday, April 4, where...
Communication Team | April 16, 2018 |
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An interim leadership team will lead the South Carolina District of The Wesleyan Church beginning July 7, following the retirement of District Superintendent Buddy Rampey. According to the statement from the South Carolina District Board of Administration, “Last fall,...
Dave Higle | April 16, 2018 |
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After six years of bi-vocational ministry in North Carolina, Dustin and Hannah Wilson sensed God moving their family to live differently. “God called us into a new season, a season where we felt the need to focus on family Sabbath,” Dustin said. Overworked and not...
Dave Higle | April 16, 2018 |
Colleges News
Colleges and universities within The Wesleyan Church (TWC) are implementing a variety of strategies and initiatives to support multicultural environments. Houghton College’s Mosaic Multicultural Center has served as the university’s main resource to promote diversity...
Tricia Rife | April 13, 2018 |
Colleges News
Indiana Wesleyan University welcomed nearly 1,000 high school students and their adult sponsors to campus April 6-7 for FUSION 2018. The annual event is a two-day high school youth conference dedicated to providing a space for students to grow closer to God. FUSION...
Tricia Rife | April 12, 2018 |
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. Mishoe wins Spittal Community Award Phillip Mishoe has been awarded the 2018...
Communication Team | April 12, 2018 |
Local Church News WesLife News
Pastor Fernando Martinez and his family moved to Fort Myers, Florida, in December 2017 to plant a church in the United States. He has been in full-time ministry for 26 years, predominantly in Colombia, South America. The transition to the United States has not been an...
Michelle Hillman | April 12, 2018 |
Colleges News
The first class of students walked through Houghton College’s doors in September 1884, just months after the school’s charter was signed on April 21,1883. Then called Houghton Seminary, the founder, Willard J. Houghton, never dreamed the institution would become a...
Ashley Lawson | April 12, 2018 |
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My husband and I were pregnant with our first baby, and on June 6, 2017, we were going to our 20-week ultrasound appointment. My little bump was starting to show. I felt so much happiness and excitement in expectation of what we would find out. I went to work that day...
Matthew Tietje | April 2, 2018 |
Featured News Local Church News
This summer we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the merger of two denominations into one. In 1968, the Wesleyan Methodist and Pilgrim Holiness churches united to form The Wesleyan Church, a denomination that I’ve known since birth. As a child, it seemed nothing...
Tricia Rife | April 2, 2018 |
Featured News Local Church News
The spiritual landscape in rural Kansas is changing, thanks to a seasoned Wesleyan church and the new one it recently planted. In 2017, congregants at Lamont Wesleyan Church (LWC) voted to plant their satellite location (established in 2013) in New Strawn, Kansas....
Tricia Rife | April 2, 2018 |
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Red Cedar Church (RCC) in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, saw the need to expand its campus in another part of the state. So the church in northwest Wisconsin started a campus about an hour south in Eau Claire. The city was a perfect place in which to expand. Home to University...
Aaron Wilkinson | April 1, 2018 |
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Wesley Seminary is proud to announce the installation of its first president, Rev. Colleen Derr, Ed.D. Dr. Derr succeeds Dr. Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent Emeritus, who served Wesley Seminary in an interim role, and Dr. Wayne Schmidt, current General...
Santes Beatty | March 29, 2018 |
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The phrase “standing on the shoulders of giants” draws its meaning from several sources including Bernard of Chartres, Isaac Newton and an African proverb. In each case it expresses the meaning of “discovering truth by building on previous discoveries.” So much of...
Tricia Rife | March 29, 2018 |
Colleges News
Building on its 30 years of providing academic programs for adults in South Carolina, Southern Wesleyan University has opened a new division, SWU Online, to expand its reach into new markets. SWU Online is just a few months old but doing very well. Vice Provost for...
Tricia Rife | March 27, 2018 |
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. IWU set to host FUSION 2018 Indiana Wesleyan University will host its annual...
Megan England | March 26, 2018 |
Colleges News
Oklahoma Wesleyan University has a long and proud tradition of training future educators to succeed in the classroom. While these students can now be found all over the globe, many choose to remain close to their OKWU home, serving with Bartlesville Public Schools...
Brian Bennett | March 19, 2018 |
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Ten years ago, a church of six people was planted in the Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan, area. Today, Overflow Church is a flourishing, multi-cultural church that has birthed many ministers and ministries. Overflow Church began through a clear calling to “seek...
Communication Team | March 19, 2018 |
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Immigrant Connection has 18 offices within The Wesleyan Church (TWC) with eight more locations actively engaged in the application process. The newest Immigrant Connection offices in Spartanburg, South Carolina (extension site), Carney’s Point, New Jersey, and Wesley...
Communication Team | March 19, 2018 |
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An initiative formed to promote the role of women in ministry within The Wesleyan Church has a new home—and a new name. The Center for Women in Ministry established 10 years ago is now known as the Sacred Alliance. The initiative was birthed at Southern Wesleyan...
Joshua McNall | March 19, 2018 |
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Raw spinach. That was the item my two-year-old son picked up the other night at dinner and began to wave about with frantic glee: “Hosanna!” he shouted repeatedly. Like any self-respecting parent, I caught the act of random holiness on video and posted it to social...
Tricia Rife | March 15, 2018 |
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. Construction on riding arena underway at Houghton Construction has begun on...
Dave Higle | March 15, 2018 |
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This year, Education and Clergy Development encourages pastors and clergy leaders to Reclaim Sabbath like never before. “Sabbath practices often involve times of solitude for recharging and regaining perspective,” said Rev. Dave Higle, Clergy Care director and Reclaim...
