Wayne Schmidt |
September 27, 2019 |
40-Years: Lessons in Leadership Wayne Schmidt
I was recently asked “Wayne, after 40 years of ministry, what do you think is the greatest spiritual leadership principle?” My answer applies to all of life as well as leadership, and is not original with me, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble”...
Charlie Alcock |
September 26, 2019 |
Blog Teaching
Rev. Charlie Alcock, Youth Ministry professor and director of Youth Ministry Events at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, reflects on the 30 years he has spent serving in youth ministry in The Wesleyan Church. This is part three in a three-part series....
Wayne Schmidt |
September 20, 2019 |
40-Years: Lessons in Leadership Wayne Schmidt
Over the years I’d captured some “axioms” as anchor points in ministry. We have developed axioms for how we function as a team at The Wesleyan Church Headquarters, but I also have about a dozen axioms that are personal and memorable to me. They serve as anchor points...
Charlie Alcock |
September 13, 2019 |
Blog Teaching
Rev. Charlie Alcock, Youth Ministry professor and director of Youth Ministry Events at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, reflects on the 30 years he has spent serving in youth ministry in The Wesleyan Church. This is part two in a three-part series. Read...
Wayne Schmidt |
September 6, 2019 |
40-Years: Lessons in Leadership Wayne Schmidt
I’ve succumbed on multiple occasions to a certain occupational hazard of ministry — trying to accomplish everything from the platform. I wrestle for months to grasp a perspective or make a change. I then fool myself into thinking if I preach louder and longer, I can...
Charlie Alcock |
September 3, 2019 |
Blog Teaching
Part one in a three-part series It was 30 years ago this weekend that I towed an old Dodge Omni to Roanoke, Virginia. The destination was Parkway Wesleyan Church where I would have a chance to work with a hero of mine, Dr. John Ott. I had just finished my years at...
Jessie Dion |
August 9, 2019 |
Blog Resources WPH
Readers have called Grow Toward Your Dreams: Practical Steps to Discover, Optimize, and Unleash Your Potential a tool, guide and road map. “The most important variable in personal growth planning isn’t the plan. It’s the motivation behind the plan. Lasting personal...
Jessica White |
July 29, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development
When asked to sum up his goal as a professor at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Mark Shannon, assistant professor of leadership and management, simply said, “My goal is to help all my ‘Sams.’” That answer necessitated the follow-up question of, “Who is Sam?” Sam is the...
Anita Eastlack |
July 9, 2019 |
Anita Eastlack Blog CMAD
My friend, Josmar, shared that she took offense when someone told her that she is a leader. “I’m not a dictator!” she replied. We agreed that the word “leader” brings a variety of reactions, depending on your definition. There is no...
Anita Eastlack |
July 9, 2019 |
Anita Eastlack Blog CMAD
Spirit-filled Leader My journey with Jesus and his still small voice has fine-tuned my definition to include “joyful surrender” and “courageous influence.” It’s not enough to surrender. It can mistakenly have residues of martyrdom,...
Ashley Jennings |
March 28, 2019 |
Blog Featured Blog Teaching
A couple of months ago, I was in Nashville, Tennessee, learning more about best practices for making disciples. In an off-handed comment, one of the pastors noted, “I wonder if there was something intentional about Jesus sending the disciples out two by two instead of...
Ed Rotz |
January 7, 2019 |
Blog Featured Blog Inspiration
Editor’s note: Kansas District Superintendent Ed Rotz speaks below to the balance all Christians, especially those in leadership, seek. Nearly 2,000 pastors and spouses will attend The Gathering this week. Pray for all attendees— that the Holy Spirit would encourage,...
Dan Reiland |
January 3, 2019 |
Blog Featured Blog Teaching
Reflection is good for the soul. Personal reflection is even better if you act on it. You may not be an “end of the year – take a two-day retreat in the mountains” kind of person. I’m not either. I can think through and process these questions in the time it would...
Phil Stevenson |
November 29, 2018 |
Blog Teaching
Nehemiah is a favorite historical leader. He mobilized a discouraged and disappointed people to achieve a perceived impossible goal. The perceived impossibility was the rebuilding of the wall that surrounded the city of Jerusalem. The wall lay in ruins. And there was...
Andrea Summers |
October 31, 2018 |
Blog Featured Blog
I have a friend who, somewhat unexpectedly, found herself as the senior pastor of a large, growing church. During her first year, having never been a lead pastor before, she knew she needed help navigating the exciting (and sometimes not so exciting) challenges of...
Ron McClung |
September 12, 2018 |
News
The Wesleyan Holiness Church of the Caribbean convened its quadrennial General Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados, on August 8-13, 2018. Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Schmidt and Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Jackson attended, representing the North American General Conference of The...
Janelle Vernon |
August 6, 2018 |
Featured News News
The South Coastal District conference, in its 18th annual session on Friday, July 20, 2018, at the 12Stone Sugarloaf John Maxwell Center in Duluth, Georgia, approved a new district leadership model. The District Board of Administration elected Rev. Stephen Lane,...
Santes Beatty |
August 1, 2018 |
News
Multiethnic Ministries of The Wesleyan Church is hosting a shoulder event on October 4 in conjunction with the Call and Response Conference, in Rochester, New York. The Call and Response Conference will be held October 4 – 6, 2018. The Call and Response Conference,...
Ed Love |
June 29, 2018 |
Blog Discipleship Multiplication
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matthew 28:19-20)....
Jeffrey D. Miller |
June 28, 2018 |
Blog Featured Blog
Many Christians, certainly most egalitarians, are familiar with Ephesians 5:21, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ” (NIV). But as well-known as this passage is, it’s still common to wonder what mutual submission actually looks like in practice. Here’s...
Ron McClung |
June 21, 2018 |
Featured News News
The Chesapeake District conference, in its annual session on Monday, June 18, 2018, at the New Life Wesleyan Church in La Plata, Maryland, approved a new leadership model for its district, by an overwhelmingly affirmative vote. The new leadership model features a Lead...
Tricia Rife |
May 17, 2018 |
Featured News News
A group of Canadian Next Gen ministry leaders in the Atlantic District of The Wesleyan Church meets regularly for networking, growth, learning and encouragement. These Next Gen leaders in the greater Halifax, Nova Scotia, area meet on a quarterly basis in what they...
Jo Anne Lyon |
May 16, 2018 |
Blog Voices
I am frequently asked the question, “How were you called to ministry?” Most people ask that and expect the St. Paul experience—a light from heaven, thrown off my horse, blind and now I see. They also want a short, sweet and definitive response. Frankly, I dread that...
Dan Reiland |
April 12, 2018 |
Blog Featured Blog
All great leaders are good managers, but not all great managers are good leaders. This is not an article that lifts up leaders and devalues managers. Management is an essential function, and managers are highly valued members of the team. There are differences,...
