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ECD Clergy Care Resources

ECD Clergy Care Resources

en Español ECD Home Ordination & Credentialing Thriving Clergy Wesleyan Education Our Team Education & Clergy Development offers a variety of resources to help clergy and spouses to be healthy, fit and effective in their ministry and personal lives. Here you...
Flourishing Conference Explores Clergy Well-Being

Flourishing Conference Explores Clergy Well-Being

“This conference offers a unique and much-needed platform for public sharing of important, cutting-edge research and best practices so we can help clergy and their families to flourish for a lifetime of ministry,” said Rev. Russ Gunsalus.

Education & Clergy Development

Education & Clergy Development

en Español ECD Home Ordination & Credentialing Thriving Clergy Wesleyan Education Our Team Who is ECD?   At the Education and Clergy Development Division of The Wesleyan Church, we are committed to empowering students, clergy, and churches to be effective...
The pastors’ pastors

The pastors’ pastors

Clergy care coordinators reach out to pastors and their families with prayers and calls and facilitate pastors’ access to resources like counseling or educational funding.

ECD Clergy Care Partners

ECD Clergy Care Partners

en Español ECD Home Ordination & Credentialing Thriving Clergy Wesleyan Education Our Team ECD is committed to partnering with high quality organizations in order to develop the most healthy, fit and effective pastors possible. We are committed to the health and...
Thriving Clergy:  Pastorwell

Thriving Clergy: Pastorwell

“Sometimes pastors don’t avail themselves of things until there is a crisis; we’re trying to encourage pastors to be thinking ahead about what kinds of habits of mind and heart they can begin to make part of their life before there’s a crisis,”

Thriving Clergy

Thriving Clergy

en Español ECD Home Clergy Care Thrive Financial Women in Ministry Donate to the Clergy Care Fund All donations are processed through our Global Partners donor services page. Thriving ClergyVision   We want ministry to be a joy, not a drag! Ministry has the...
Thrive Financial Spotlight:  Florida District

Thrive Financial Spotlight: Florida District

This role is important, because—according to Styers—the problem with executing clergy care is not a lack of concern, but a lack of time on the part of district leaders. “We try our very best to not let people fall through the cracks…

Serving the shepherd

Serving the shepherd

ECD continues the pursuit of the mission in 2022 through equipping and caring for the shepherds.

You are not alone

You are not alone

Newly ordained pastors of The Wesleyan Church were celebrated, encouraged and resourced at the event specifically crafted for them.

Women in Ministry

Women in Ministry

en Español ECD Home Clergy Care Thrive Financial Women in Ministry Women in MinistryVision   The Wesleyan Church affirms its long-standing commitment to full opportunity for women to be ordained to the ministry and to serve in any and all ministerial and...
ECD Hosts Three Summer Interns

ECD Hosts Three Summer Interns

IWU public relations, writing, and business major intern at the Division of Education and Clergy Development Rev. Russ Gunsalus and The Division of Education and Clergy Development partnered with Indiana Wesleyan University to bring three interns to gain real-world...
​Women in ministry convene a Congress

​Women in ministry convene a Congress

Key leaders from five denominations gathered to discuss challenges and opportunities for women in ministry, diversity and women in ministry, and more.

Formation of clergy: SWU higher education purposes to serve the church

Formation of clergy: SWU higher education purposes to serve the church

The approach to formation of clergy is changing for the Religion Division of Southern Wesleyan University (SWU) as they study and innovate ministerial programs. Dr. Michael Tapper, chair of the Religion Division, shared how SWU is working toward preparing pastors for...
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Church Multiplication Collective CMC Home Pathway to Planting Pathway to Multiplying Assessment Center Coaching Training Funding Resources What we do Thriving clergy are healthy, fit and effective for a lifetime of sustainable ministry. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,...
Wesleyan Ministerial Education Grant

Wesleyan Ministerial Education Grant

Enroll Enroll ECD Home Ordination & Credentialing Learn Pursue Finance DBMD Education and Clergy Development exists to develop healthy, fit and effective ministers who transform lives, churches, and communities through the hope and holiness of Jesus Christ. The...
Thrive Financial Spotlight:  Luella Belliveau

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. 

Residency Spotlight: Christine Kaye

Residency Spotlight: Christine Kaye

“I’m still in training, but I get real-life experience. Messy people walking alongside messy people: you can’t get that in a classroom. Until you’re in it, you have no idea.” –Christine Kaye Residency exists to train pastors for lifelong...
TFI – Thrive Financial Initiative

TFI – Thrive Financial Initiative

ECD Home TFI Home Why TFI? Learning Journeys FAQs What is TFI? The Thrive Financial Initiative (TFI) is a program designed to help pastors overcome economic challenges that affect ministry effectiveness. Working together, the pastor and key lay leaders in a local...
Sermon Starters

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.

Privileged to serve

Privileged to serve

ECD empowers individuals for kingdom service through strategic partnerships and development opportunities.

More than words, part 3

More than words, part 3

The Wesleyan Pension Fund supports the church’s mission by providing for the retirement of ministry clergy or laity employees.

Residency Spotlight: Luke and Kyla

Residency Spotlight: Luke and Kyla

Because we’re pretty young, seeing behind-the-scenes ministry has been tremendously important. Knowing everyday church ministry has been huge, and we’ll be able to apply what we’re learning here at All Shores to our ministry overseas. –Luke &...
Symposium News

Symposium News

In June, 2013, over one hundred leaders from across the North American Wesleyan Church gathered in Indianapolis for a symposium addressing a key mutual concern: the challenges facing clergy development and education. Unlike theological symposia of past years, this one...
Tables of leadership

Tables of leadership

PreacHer Sunday 2023 reminds TWC of the power of equipping women and men to lead together in the church.

DBMD

DBMD

Enroll en Español Enroll ECD Home Ordination & Credentialing Learn Pursue Finance DBMD Guide to exploring the Call   How do I become a minister in The Wesleyan Church? The Guide to Exploring the Call will make the path to ministry more understandable. ...
Being present in the “stuff” of people’s lives

Being present in the “stuff” of people’s lives

Even in moments when words aren’t enough, chaplains share the importance of the ministry of presence in “those holy moments when sometimes we don’t have answers but are able to sit with those in need.”

Clergy, the church and mobilizing during COVID-19

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...
He Sapa New Life Ministry

He Sapa New Life Ministry

He Sapa New Life has established a large community-based youth outreach program this past year to reach these youth by providing alternative positive activities and mentoring

Gordon Ritchie:  A Physician of the Soul

Gordon Ritchie: A Physician of the Soul

Gordon Ritchie recently retired from a fulfilling career as a United States Marine Corps Chaplain. After twenty-four years of service, Ritchie has had an influence on many young people in the US Navy

Gordon Ritchie: A Physician of the Soul

Gordon Ritchie: A Physician of the Soul

Gordon Ritchie recently retired from a fulfilling career as a United States Marine Corps Chaplain. After twenty-four years of service, Ritchie has had an influence on many young people in the United States Navy. His career–shaped by honor, hope, presence, and...
​Layperson Appreciation Month

​Layperson Appreciation Month

October was Pastor Appreciation Month. Jim Dunn poses the question: If there was a Layperson Appreciation Month, when would it be? Do we intentionally show appreciation to laypersons in our churches?

Co-shepherding the church

Co-shepherding the church

A Chinese Mandarin church in Victoria, British Columbia, builds lay-clergy partnership as a touchstone for health.

Learn

Learn

Enroll Enroll ECD Home Ordination & Credentialing Learn Pursue Finance DBMD The Pathways to Wesleyan Credentialing Guide to exploring the Call   How do I become a minister in The Wesleyan Church? The Guide to Exploring the Call will make the path to ministry...
FLAME program celebrating historical milestone

FLAME program celebrating historical milestone

The Education and Clergy Development Division of The Wesleyan Church is preparing to celebrate a historic marker: its 100th FLAME event, which will take place in Frankfort, Ind., August 5-9. It

Higher education administrators meet for a better ministerial future

Higher education administrators meet for a better ministerial future

Collective collegiate collaboration brought the five presidents and board chairs of the Wesleyan college and universities together on Monday, November 13 at The Wesleyan Church World Headquarters, Fishers, Indiana, for this year’s convening of the Wesleyan Education...
Thriving Together–October

Thriving Together–October

Thriving Together is a newsletter for women serving in or preparing for ministerial leadership in The Wesleyan Church. Each month, we want to embody 1 Thessalonians 5:11:  “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you...
Thriving Together-December 2023

Thriving Together-December 2023

Unexpected Expectancy Nineteen, unmarried, recently separated from her live-in boyfriend, sick to her stomach, and a pain in her abdomen that she had never experienced before. Could it be? What if it is? What will she do? She needed to be sure. A quick stop at the...
Thriving Together- June 2024

Thriving Together- June 2024

Shrewd as Snakes, Innocent as Doves (Matthew 10:16) “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” (Ephesians 5:16) making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. (Joel 2:28) “And afterward,...
Wesleyan Pension Fund

Wesleyan Pension Fund

The 403(b) Plan offers tax savings and is an investment vehicle for growing retirement funds

10 ways to keep the pastor you love

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.

STOP, REST, PRAY, PLAY, THRIVE

STOP, REST, PRAY, PLAY, THRIVE

The goal of The Gathering was for each attendee to be “encouraged, inspired and engaged at a deeper level with each other, their spouse and with God.”

Thrive Financial Spotlight:  Daniel Mottayaw

Thrive Financial Spotlight: Daniel Mottayaw

When asked what he’d say to those considering TFI, Daniel says, “The TFI money is pretty much dependable; but what I’ve really learned in this process beyond that is how God can provide in so many ways you can’t even count on or be sure of… so there

Residency Spotlight: Tim Witte

Residency Spotlight: Tim Witte

“A lot of people have a hard time believing their pastor loves them; so I learned to knit so I could get closer to my congregation.”-Tim Witte (pictured below) If there’s a resident pastor who knows about loving a congregation, it’s Tim Witte....
Military chaplains at The Cove

Military chaplains at The Cove

Wesleyan military chaplains came together for debriefing, inspiration, and fellowship at the biannual retreat at the Cove.

A Warm Welcome at New Pastor Orientation

A Warm Welcome at New Pastor Orientation

This year’s Education and Clergy Development’s New Pastor Orientation welcomed 15 new pastors and their spouses to the Wesleyan community, with times of sharing, networking and advice. On October 11-12, new pastors, their spouses and seasoned Wesleyans met at...
Highlights from the May 2014 General Board

Highlights from the May 2014 General Board

The semi-annual General Board meeting of The Wesleyan Church was held on May 6-7. One recurring theme running through the meeting was “generosity.” Members remarked about the spirit of teamwork and progress that prevailed. After returning home, District Superintendent...
Sabbaticals: Learning to Thrive

Sabbaticals: Learning to Thrive

By Jessica White | Oct 14, 2016 The word “sabbaticals” is sometimes accompanied by a negative connotation. When ministers consider a sabbatical they think: “There is never a good time to get away. If I leave now, the church will fall apart.”...
Thoughts about God’s economy  

Thoughts about God’s economy  

If we want to invest in what matters most to God, we must mobilize a multiethnic, multigenerational and multieconomic Kingdom Force of disciples making disciples.

Getting Active

Getting Active

Long hours in the office planning for events or sermons, meetings with parishioners for coffee or meals, and balancing responsibilities at church, second jobs, or at home can be exhausting.

Mujeres en el Ministerio y Liderazgo

Mujeres en el Ministerio y Liderazgo

Una prespectiva Wesleyana de Mujeres en el Ministerio La Iglesia Wesleyana afirma su compromiso desde hace mucho tiempo con plena oportunidad de que las mujeres sean ordenadas al ministerio y sirvan en todas y cada una de las capacidades ministeriales y de liderazgo....
Ordination and Credentialing

Ordination and Credentialing

Enroll Enroll ECD Home Ordination & Credentialing Learn Pursue Finance DBMD What is Ordination & Credentialing?   When a person holds a credential in The Wesleyan Church, it symbolizes that God has called her or him to serve in vocational ministry,...
Thrive Financial Spotlight:  Frankie Rodriguez

Thrive Financial Spotlight: Frankie Rodriguez

For Pastor Frankie Rodriguez–senior Pastor of Iglesia Wesleyana El Camino in Greenville, South Carolina, the Thrive Financial Initiative (TFI) offered a chance for vulnerability that enriched his relationship to his congregation. 

God is Bigger Than This

God is Bigger Than This

Friends, if you’re in a season of hurting- let me join you in praying that you’ll let Him lead you through. That you’ll choose to fight, and that you’ll keep your eyes on Him.  He’s shaping you along the way.

Rev. Mike Cline on Pastor Appreciation

Rev. Mike Cline on Pastor Appreciation

“More than any one time gift or note, the most encouraging thing to do for your pastor is to just show up on a regular basis and help create an overall healthy culture in your church,” says Rev. Mike Cline, senior pastor at Mountain View Church.

Wonderfully Made

Wonderfully Made

Imagine an ultrasound picture of a precious baby. Or better yet, imagine holding that child in your hand while reading this Psalm (139): 13 For you created my inmost being;     you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and...
She said, he said: handing the mic to pastors’ spouses

She said, he said: handing the mic to pastors’ spouses

While pastors’ spouses are as much in the spotlight as their partners, they’re less often handed a live microphone and an empty stage. We wanted to find out what pastor’s spouses – both pastors’ husbands and pastors’ wives – had to say about life in

The Gathering: a turning point

The Gathering: a turning point

Eleven years later, Steve Dunmire points to The Gathering as a turning point in his life, both personally and professionally.

Friendship

Friendship

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~ C. S. Lewis   I am an extrovert. I like being around people and I thrive on conversations. I’ve been accused of smiling too much and,...