Thrive In 5: Spiritual – From Solitude to Community to Ministry
Spiritual Disciplines: From Solitude to Community to Ministry
ECD Curator Access
Indiana Wesleyan: Fusion Youth Conference
While this year’s conference was the first hosted completely online, its online attendance–5,600 people from 38 states and 3 countries–surpassed the original sold-out attendance of 3,800.
Thrive In 5: Emotional -Are you a “High Hoper?”
All of us will face moments when we must exercise hope. Hope researchers observe that hope is active, not passive. “High hopers” exert whatever degree of control they have to reach that for which they hope.
Thrive in 5: Financial – Truth in Troubling Financial Times
With people worried and fearful about what tomorrow will bring, there is a great search for assurance and comfort. Where can people find hope in today’s financial world?
ECD examining new possibilities in credentialing
Competency-based ministry outcomes consider what content pastors must focus on to effectively shepherd in today’s culture, what character is needed to serve in local communities and what skills are crucial for effective ministry.
Thrive In 5: Special Coronavirus Edition
Today, what I find most interesting is the peaceful image of Jesus in the back of the boat.
Clergy, the church and mobilizing during COVID-19
As our communities scramble to respond to the novel coronavirus, churches have an opportunity to lead the way in faithful, compassionate service to the sick, needy and those at-risk. This really is a make-or-break time for churches to be load-bearing institutions in...
Neighboring during COVID-19
As COVID-19 causes churches to cancel services, effective congregations in these weeks will be measured less by how many people we can gather, and more by how deeply we can send our people into our communities to (wisely, cautiously, hopefully) serve and bear the...
Thrive In 5: Relational- Honor Each Other’s Life Dreams
Five Keys to Good Conflict Management
Thrive in 5: Physical- The Peloton Bike Commercial & A Fitness Focus
A Fitness Focus.
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…”
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Developing a Wesleyan “Fake News” Filter
Developing a Wesleyan “Fake News” Filter
Something New
There is so much relief and freedom in letting God write the story instead of me insisting on being the author.
Thrive In 5: Emotional- Emotional Rule of Life
Cultivating a healthier emotional life.
Thrive in 5: Financial- Financial Convictions in the Five Uses of Money
Financial Convictions in the Five Uses of Money
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.”
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.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Good Conflict Management
Five Keys to Good Conflict Management
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.
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..
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – Spiritual Disciplines
Spiritual Disciplines
He is here.
But I kept trusting that God would provide. AND HE DID.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Thinking about Pastors and Poverty Alleviation
Thinking About Pastors and Poverty Alleviation
Thrive In 5: Emotional-Holiday Season Preparation
With the holidays just around the corner, pastors are entering one of their busiest seasons….
