Ericka Andersen |
January 2, 2020 |
Blog Voices
Learn more about Voices blogs I’ve been going to church since I was three years old. I remember ruby red-heart spotted, thick white tights and shiny plastic shoes with miniature buckles and plenty of scuff marks. Back then, we went to a Pentecostal church (not the...
Justine Tegen |
October 30, 2019 |
Blog Inspiration
We love personal pronouns. We iMessage people on our iPhones while setting up profiles to personalize our experience on Netflix, Amazon, Instagram and even the grocery store. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The language we use reveals what we value. And...
Justine Tegen |
May 1, 2019 |
Blog Teaching
I received bad news that day. The minute I got it, my thoughts started swirling. Everything seemed like it was in question: my future, my identity, my security. I knew I needed to talk to someone, so I made a phone call, sent a couple of texts, met up with those...
Lexa Ennis |
February 13, 2019 |
Blog Voices
Learn more About Voices Blogs Her voice shouts out prayers from the front porch of the church. She calls out, screaming for a place to sleep, for safety, for provision. Praising Jesus followed with moaning and groaning. She calls out for God to fight for her against...
Shalom Liddick |
September 13, 2018 |
Blog Featured Blog Teaching
It is so frustrating to speak and have no one move! Typically, my children respond by yelling “we hear you mom” while comfortably sitting carrying on with whatever they were doing. Hearing without action is incomplete. My response to God is usually incomplete when his...
Jenny Rae Armstrong |
August 2, 2018 |
Blog Featured Blog
Church attendance has been declining for years, even among those who identify as churchgoers. There are valid reasons to skip church, but “I learn more listening to sermons on Stitcher” isn’t one of them. And lest we blame it all on the Millennials, I’ve heard more...
Brian Bennett |
March 19, 2018 |
Featured News News
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...
Ed Rotz |
March 18, 2018 |
Blog Featured Blog
In his book Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend, Andy Stanley reminds us that the original word for church is ekklesia. Ekklesia means a gathering of people united by common identity and purpose. Men and women meeting at the union hall of...
A Global Partners missionary to Albania |
September 18, 2017 |
Blog
*Names changed for security. New in Albania and wanting to get to know the people in my neighborhood, my heart leapt when I heard a woman’s voice calling to me, “Pershendetje (Greetings!),” initiating friendship with me, a stranger. Next came the question which I...
Anieta Hopper |
August 30, 2017 |
Blog Featured Blog
We have a neighbor who is the strangest person I’ve ever met. He is intelligent and well-read, but physically very ill which leads to some very odd behaviors. The other neighbors want nothing to do with him. He is an outcast. To add fuel to the fire there were three...
Ed Welch |
May 9, 2017 |
News
The 2017 Day of Service at Southern Wesleyan University was one for the record books. According to Dr. Justin Carter, associate vice president for student life, the 2017 Day of Service has seen an increase in overall participation. The Day of Service had 331...
Serena Murphy |
April 14, 2016 |
Blog
I recently attended a meeting in Hilliard, Ohio (suburb of Columbus), to represent the “faith community” for a drug awareness program. The meeting was made up of people representing Hilliard police, teachers, community sports leagues, even moms who have...
Tricia Rife |
December 8, 2015 |
News
A young mother watches her little boy play in her home in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The physical therapist assists him and directs his play, while the mom observes and learns exercises she can help him with. Because of the boy’s serious disability,...
Jim Dunn |
April 22, 2015 |
Blog
I just returned from the Wesleyan Women’s Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The theme verse for ALIVE 2015 was, “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by...
Ralph Clayton |
November 18, 2014 |
News
Covington Wesleyan Church in Reidsville, N.C., held a special service on October 19 to honor the many leaders and first responders of Rockingham County. Over 500 people attended the service to show their love and appreciation for those who perform tasks beyond the...
