Jessica White |
February 7, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Driven by a passion to teach visual literacy to his students and his own desire to be a lifelong learner, John Rhett has discovered his calling through his position as an art professor at Houghton College. Rhett has always been interested in art, but never imagined he...
Jessica White |
December 19, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
“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.” “I want everything that I do or say from the stage to reorient people toward Christ,” he...
Gabriela Akpaca |
December 19, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Three years ago, Cory Doiron moved with his wife and baby boy from Rapid Springs, South Dakota, to Portland, Oregon. Unlike many vocational moves that pastors make, this move was signing Doiron and his family up for a lifelong term, not at a certain church building or...
Gabriela Akpaca |
December 17, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Rev. Dan Jones shares his experience with church transitions If Rev. Dan Jones has learned one thing in 17 years of ministry, it is how to live within tension. Tension – between visions, theological views and practices – seems to come with the pastoral vocation,...
Gabriela Akpaca |
December 13, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
It started with a 7-by-4-foot wooden table with bench seats placed in the middle of a neighborhood in Benton Harbor, Michigan, by an ordained pastor who worked at an outdoor gear shop. On summer days, girls and boys filled the benches to eat grilled hot dogs and...
Linda Gist |
December 9, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Thrive in 5 – Spiritual Do you cringe when you think of the term spiritual disciplines? Does it evoke a sense of guilt or failure when you consider that you are a pastor? The good news is that defeat is not what God intended for us. Gaining a new vision of what...
Gabriela Garver |
October 21, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
It’s a Tuesday evening in September. Eric and Erin Crisp have carved out a few hours of spare time amid the busyness of two careers and parenting three high school boys to take a moment for themselves. What do they choose to spend it on? A lecture on spirituality. “In...
Belinda Selfridge |
October 21, 2019 |
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The Education and Clergy Department of The Wesleyan Church rolled out the red carpet for 25 newly ordained, first appointed pastors and chaplains and pastors who have just transferred from another denomination. In a 24-hour period on October 9 and 10, pastors were...
Kim Craft |
October 9, 2019 |
SAVE THE DATE: New Pastor Orientation, October 9-10, 2019.This event will help new pastors:Become better oriented to the mission and ethos of The Wesleyan ChurchBecome aware of the ministries, resources and opportunities of the ChurchGain insights into new trends in...
Jessica White |
September 17, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development
Dean of Houghton College Online purposes to create opportunities for more students to experience Houghton Houghton College’s residential campus in upstate New York is a close-knit environment where students experience transformative learning in classrooms and in...
Gabriela Garver |
September 13, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Kiley Skor, a pastor as well as pastor’s spouse, tells the story of how she stepped into her calling Kiley Skor once considered herself “a great second and the world’s most overqualified volunteer.” As a pastor’s wife with a love for worship ministry, she thought she...
Linda Gist |
September 10, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Thrive in 5 – Spiritual Dallas Willard’s writings are among the most significant in recent years for helping us learn about the transformational process of becoming more like Christ. As pastors who are leading others, we need to be intentional about engaging the...
Ethan Linder |
September 3, 2019 |
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“The pervasive element in our two-thousand year pastoral tradition is not someone who ‘gets things done’ but rather the person placed in the community to pay attention and call attention to ‘what is going on right now’ between men and women, with one another and with...
Joel Hunt and Dave Higle |
June 14, 2019 |
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Wesley Seminary hosted the Wesleyan Doctrinal Symposium, May 29 – 30, 2019, at its Marion, Indiana, campus. The symposium is an annual event for Wesleyan religion faculty and other ministry leaders. It focuses on doctrinal issues related to the ongoing education and...
Linda Gist |
June 6, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Thrive in 5 – Spiritual “What comes into our mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us … Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, ‘What comes into your mind when you think about God?’ we might predict with...
Michelle Wood |
May 3, 2019 |
2019 Doctrinal Symposium Kingdom Force: Disciples making Disciples in the New Testament and Early Church 2019 Schedule Recorded Sessions Day 1 & 2 Day 1: Ken Schenck presents “An Examination of Matthew 28:20: What is it that Jesus Commanded Us to...
Russ Gunsalus |
March 29, 2019 |
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Education and Clergy Development (ECD) has announced that Rev. Johanna C. Rugh has moved from a part-time position to that of a full-time one within the division. Rugh serves as the director of Spanish Ministry Education and Clergy Care. She previously served as...
Communication Team |
February 14, 2019 |
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Attendees of The Gathering were asked if they wanted to comment on their experience during the three-day pastor and spouse event in Orlando last month. The Gathering goal was for attendees to be “encouraged, inspired and engaged at a deeper level with each other,...
Communication Team |
February 4, 2019 |
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The Wesleyan Church’s Education and Clergy Development has made general sessions from The Gathering Thriving Clergy Conference 2019 available as free downloads at The Wesleyan Church’s Resource Center. See Resources For a recap of The Gathering, click...
Communication Team |
January 21, 2019 |
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Wesleyan pastors and their churches will continue receiving help facing financial challenges thanks to a second $1 million grant awarded to The Wesleyan Church. The grant, part of the National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders supported...
Marietta Williams |
January 9, 2019 |
About Speakers Schedule Info Register June 1 The Gathering January 9-12, 2019 Orlando, Florida at The Caribe Royale More than a minister’s conference. The Gathering is a reunion of ministry family and friends. A sabbath for our souls. Coming together to stop, rest,...
Dave Higle |
December 17, 2018 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Reclaim Sabbath
Throughout 2018, Wesleyan clergy encouraged each other to “Reclaim Sabbath” by coming to a full stop every seven days in order to recognize that our ultimate center is God. Not our work, or our pedigree, or our ministry, but God himself. Henri Nouwen encourages us to...
Jessica White |
July 17, 2018 |
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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...
Janelle Vernon |
July 16, 2018 |
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Education and Clergy Development is advancing Christian higher education through a new initiative called WE5 that celebrates the combined strength and ongoing impact of the five colleges and universities of The Wesleyan Church: Houghton College, Indiana Wesleyan...
