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Soul care retreats address pastors’ spiritual lives
Education & Clergy Development and Wesleyan Publishing House partnered to host Made New Retreats in three cities. The soul care retreats were for pastors and focused on their spiritual lives.
Shocking News about Wesleyan Pastor Washout: Wesleyan Clergy Retention Study
Please forgive me for the sensational title but the news about Wesleyan pastoral retention is indeed shocking. If I asked you, “How many pastors washout of ministry in their first five years?”, what would you say, 30…40…50…even 60...
Serving the shepherd
ECD continues the pursuit of the mission in 2022 through equipping and caring for the shepherds.
10 ways to keep the pastor you love
“Being a pastor was SO much easier than what I’m doing now,” said NO former pastor ever. Note: October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Here are ten tips on how to keep your beloved pastor from leaving.
Inaugural Breakaway retreat for pastors’ spouses a success
The inaugural Breakaway retreat for pastors’ spouses was deemed a success, both by leaders and attendees. Because of the positive feedback, future retreats will likely be held in the future.
The Gathering: one year out
With The Gathering one year out, start planning your trip now to Orlando, Florida, to this encouraging and inspiring event.
Thrive Financial Spotlight: Jason Parker
Now, nearing the end of the TFI process, the Parker family have worked toward the Thrive team’s collective goals, paying down all $20,000 in debt, and are completely debt-free as they now work on the next step (building their savings fund).
“Thanks for listening”
Celebrating Pastor Appreciation Month and the ministry of listening this October.
New pastors and seminarians introduced to The Wesleyan Church
New Pastors Orientation and Seminary Days celebrated 65 newly ordained or first appointment pastors at an annual event.
Thrive Financial Spotlight: Luella Belliveau
“We’re a church who believes in fully supporting our pastor, so when I realized the benefit he could achieve through Thrive, I was on board in helping him achieve that in his own personal life,” reflected Belliveau.
Perfect Time for Hispanic Leadership Development
Our greatest challenge as a society is the lack of leaders; the lack of people being ready and desiring to help others. How do we find new leaders? Leaders are not found: they are encountered, equipped, and empowered.
Empowered to lead
Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy Conference focuses on supportive pathways for women called by God to lead the church.
Wesleyan pastors participate in webinar on Affordable Care Act
The Wesleyan Church is being proactive in informing churches and clergy on how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects them.
Called to family Sabbath
“God began to teach us more of what Sabbath looks like, especially inside a pastor’s home.”
Reflections on reclaiming the Sabbath
Sabbath slows us down so that we can listen to our soul. It is then that we can bring our own heart before the Lord in prayerful reflection.
Sharing Inspiration
If there’s one overarching aim Crisp has developed in 19 years as a pastor’s spouse, it’s authenticity – for her family life and her own spiritual development.
Simplifying Church
“The church of the future is going to have to simplify. We’re not going to be able to rely on giving as much to support a staff of 15 pastors. We’re going to have to know what we are about – preaching and teaching the word of God, inviting everyone..
Neighborhood Faith: Urban Ministry in Portland
“In the church planting world, a lot of the language we use is colonialist. We say, ‘We have God and we will bring him to these people.’ But one of my discoveries has been that God was always in Portland and at work in Portland,” Doiron said.
Houghton College Alumni Spotlight: Taylor Wilding
“Everything you do or don’t do; everything you say or don’t say sends a message–so make sure all you do or say reorients people toward Christ and not toward the world.”
Sermon Starters
Jesus was a famously good storyteller. On hillsides and shorelines, Jesus held audiences spellbound with his way of sharing in images and narratives that expressed core human needs.
Chaplain Spotlight: Judy Adams
Adams reminds people outside the world of prison to avoid allowing fear to prevent them from ministering alongside people in prison.
Finding the middle way
“It was a rich experience for me to understand that God is bigger than any one denominational box… All of the different perspectives find alignment and agreement in God,” Jones reflected.
Houghton College Alumni Spotlight: John Rhett
“This is one of the greatest challenges for a teacher at a Christian college – for a teacher that is a believer – how to educate, expose and equip young minds to make their way through a visual culture…”