Dave Higle |
December 17, 2018 |
Blog
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...
Tricia Rife |
December 17, 2018 |
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When Jacky walked by the International Place of Friendship in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in October 2017, he noticed the sign for free English classes. The Chinese student who attends the University of Manitoba, soon realized that those who were teaching him English were...
Communication Team |
December 17, 2018 |
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“We hope to use coffee as a way to create a presence in the heart of North Carolina’s third largest city and one of the largest college towns in the southeast United States,” said Pastor Spencer Loman, United City senior pastor. United City Greensboro (UCG), a...
Tricia Rife |
December 13, 2018 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. OKWU students serve in community Read how students at Oklahoma Wesleyan...
Ashley Witkowski |
December 4, 2018 |
News
Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) has chosen Ernie Johnson Jr., one of sports’ most respected and loved personalities, as the 2019 inductee into the Society of World Changers. Johnson will be formally inducted into the IWU Society of World Changers during a...
Wayne Schmidt |
December 3, 2018 |
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Wesleyan leaders are pursuing creative missional work with the purpose of reaching those who are missing from Christ and his church. More and more are taking discipleship and multiplication seriously. New leaders, lay and clergy, have felt called to initiate and guide...
Alan Miller |
December 3, 2018 |
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A vision that began to evolve 100 years ago as Marion College laid a firm foundation for what would become Indiana Wesleyan University. Marion College had humble beginnings. When the Indiana Conference of The Wesleyan Methodist Church agreed in 1919 to purchase...
Ed Love |
December 3, 2018 |
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Church multiplication is becoming more normal in The Wesleyan Church (TWC). All kinds of churches, big and small, urban and rural, are taking up the mantle of multiplying believers, leaders and churches. The motivation for this multiplication movement is clearly...
Sheila Lovell |
November 29, 2018 |
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Asbury Theological Seminary offers congratulations to Alfred Kalembo, recently chosen as the Seminary’s Distinguished Alumnus 2018. Kalembo, 57, was born in a remote village in Zambia to parents who were never able to attend school. He walked four miles, barefoot, to...
Tricia Rife |
November 29, 2018 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. New York family grieving loss of young son on Thanksgiving Five-year-old...
Communication Team |
November 29, 2018 |
News
Dr. Jack Connell, Central New York District of The Wesleyan Church ordained minister, has been named as the fourteenth president of the Christian liberal arts college, founded 118 years ago in Saratoga Springs, New York. The announcement was made by Dr. Russell Long,...
Communication Team |
November 29, 2018 |
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Championing the past while engaging current and future needs has been the goal of leaders revisioning Hephzibah Ministries, Inc. Plans have become more formalized in the past few months about how and where Hephzibah will continue to serve vulnerable children. “God’s...
Tricia Rife |
November 19, 2018 |
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The Dirt Roads Network (DRN) hosted its first Church Planting Boot Camp, October 5–6, 2018, in Lamont, Kansas, at Lamont Wesleyan Church (LWC). In a town with a population of 28, LWC is a church of 150 people. LWC certainly understands the importance of church...
Tricia Rife |
November 19, 2018 |
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Rev. Nick Oliver attended his first Fuel, an event for Next Generations Ministries leaders, pastors and volunteers, in 2017. The worship, encouragement and networking at this event was key for Oliver, Next Generations pastor at LifePoint Church in Waldorf, Maryland....
Communication Team |
November 19, 2018 |
News
A new member, Rhea Bell, joined The Wesleyan Church General Board for its 138th session, November 13-14, 2018, representing the Northeastern Area. Bell serves as the worship arts director at LifePoint Church in Waldorf, Maryland. Bell volunteered at LifePoint for many...
Tricia Rife |
November 15, 2018 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. California church hosts annual Widow’s Luncheon Chester Wesleyan Church in...
Jessica White |
November 14, 2018 |
News
Steve Dunmire was a young pastor and father of three children under age three when the first Gathering was held in 2007. Financial restraints would have prevented him and his wife, Tammy, from attending, but their church and district came together to provide the...
Ed Welch |
November 14, 2018 |
Colleges News
Going against a long-standing national trend, Southern Wesleyan University has announced that it will not increase tuition during the 2019-2020 academic year. As institutions of higher learning across the nation are faced with the need to raise their tuition, Southern...
Jodi Lewis |
November 5, 2018 |
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Six years ago, Rev. Kyle Ray, lead pastor of Kentwood Community Church (KCC) in Kentwood, Michigan, challenged the congregation through a sermon series to be part of the answer in the worldwide orphan crisis. A year after the initial challenge, nearly 100 individuals...
Luis Torres |
November 5, 2018 |
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Four years ago I was at a great spot in my life. I was in seminary studying what I loved, I was (and still am) happily married to the woman of my dreams. I was on staff at a wonderful church with amazing people who passionately loved Jesus. And we had just bought our...
Tricia Rife |
November 5, 2018 |
News
Twenty-nine leaders within The Wesleyan Church recently attended the Hero Maker Course with Dave Ferguson of Exponential. A six-week course held in September and October, the Hero Maker course is a follow-up to this year’s Exponential held in Orlando. Ed Love,...
Ethan Linder |
November 5, 2018 |
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With 33 years of ministry experience, Rev. Phil Lewis views The Gathering as a time for ministers to be encouraged and sharpened by finding their place in a ministerial community. Lewis’ previous experiences at The Gathering have left him refreshed from fellowship...
Tricia Rife |
November 1, 2018 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. Chaplain brings encouragement to Central Florida Rev. Mike Levelle, a...
Miranda Cruz |
October 31, 2018 |
News
The annual She Leads Conference, a Missio Alliance Summit, will be live-streamed across the country from Pasadena, California, on November 10, 2018. The Sacred Alliance and Wesley Seminary are hosting a satellite venue at College Wesleyan Church in Marion, Indianan,...
