Wayne Schmidt |
February 15, 2019 |
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Escalating unrest in Haiti over the past nine days has required the evacuation of the Global Partners team serving there. Evacuations began earlier this week and are continuing. No team member has been harmed. “This is a desperate time for the citizens of Haiti, and...
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,...
Tricia Rife |
February 14, 2019 |
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. Wesleyan churches host “Night to Shine” Two Wesleyan churches hosted “Night...
Communication Team |
February 4, 2019 |
News
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...
Wayne Schmidt |
February 4, 2019 |
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I remain humbled by the privilege of serving as your General Superintendent. Thank you, once again, for entrusting me with this responsibility. I continuously ask for the Lord’s leading and your counsel as we seek to transform lives, churches and communities through...
Jennifer Ellison |
February 4, 2019 |
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Muskegon is a city that is beginning to dream again. Located on the coast of West Michigan it has, for decades, been a mix of high-end vacation homes along the coast with people living in extreme urban poverty in the city’s core neighborhoods. In the late 1970s, my...
Communication Team |
February 4, 2019 |
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In light of the recent Reproductive Health Act passed in the state of New York, The Wesleyan Church encourages its leaders and laypersons to read its Position Statement on the Sanctity of Life. The Wesleyan Church firmly believes in the sanctity of life, and this...
Tricia Rife |
January 31, 2019 |
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. Christianity Today president visits Houghton College Harold Smith, president...
Ashley Witkowski |
January 31, 2019 |
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Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is thrilled to host the first group of visiting scholars from Beijing, China, for the pilot Visiting Scholars Program. The group of 14 scholars arrived on Jan. 19 and remained on campus through Jan. 31. While here, they focused on...
Janelle Vernon |
January 21, 2019 |
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Five words summarized the message given to nearly 2,000 Wesleyan pastors and spouses attending The Gathering, January 9-12, in Orlando, Florida – Stop, Rest, Pray, Play, Thrive. The event’s goal, said Executive Director of Education and Clergy Development Russ...
Santes Beatty |
January 21, 2019 |
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This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others with a faith based approach and ongoing impact on the Civil Rights movement. I recently wrote about the work of Linda Brown Thompson and continue to reflect on her insight concerning the...
Tricia Rife |
January 21, 2019 |
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When thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs went missing October 15 from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, congregants at Red Cedar Church (RCC) in nearby Rice Lake knew they had to help their community deal with the crisis. Prayer came first. RCC, located approximately 15 miles...
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...
Tricia Rife |
January 18, 2019 |
News
For over 40 years, that church that is now West Head Wesleyan Church in Clark’s Harbour, Nova Scotia, has hosted a Fishermen’s Service in late November, bringing together people from various area Canadian fishing communities. The host church became Wesleyan in...
Tricia Rife |
January 17, 2019 |
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. Pastor gives virtual sermon after being snowed in Rev. Aaron Reimer couldn’t...
Kate Lyons |
January 17, 2019 |
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On January 10, Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University and Kingswood University signed an articulation agreement providing multiple pathways for Kingswood students to complete their graduate theological education at Wesley Seminary. Dr. Abson Joseph, dean of...
Ron McClung |
January 16, 2019 |
News
If you ask Dr. Wayne Caldwell how long he and his wife Joan have been married, he can tell you to the day — something in excess of 26,000 days and counting! One should not be surprised at another statistical observation: “God has fulfilled his promise to both of us...
Santes Beatty |
January 7, 2019 |
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Years ago, when I served as a college administrator I had the privilege of meeting Linda Brown Thompson. If her name is not familiar, maybe a major court case on May 17, 1954, “Brown vs. Board of Education,” will help with identification. The National Association for...
Tricia Rife |
January 7, 2019 |
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Congregants and church leaders at Moncton Wesleyan Church in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, wanted to bless an area homeless shelter and they did just that right before Christmas. In the span of several Sundays in December, the church raised $109,000 to give to...
Kate Lyons |
January 3, 2019 |
News
Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University has entered into a partnership with the Anglican Diocese of the Trinity (ADOTT). The partnership will give ADOTT students a $150 per credit hour discount and continue the mutually beneficial relationship between Wesley...
Tricia Rife |
January 3, 2019 |
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. Wesleyans in Oklahoma partnering to serve immigrants Immigrant Connection of...
Ron McClung |
January 3, 2019 |
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Dr. Thomas E. Phillippe, 89, former General Secretary of Extension and Evangelism for The Wesleyan Church, died on December 22, 2018, in San Antonio, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dr. Joan Phillippe, in March 2017. Dr. Phillippe was elected General...
Ron McClung |
December 17, 2018 |
News Remembered
Dr. Melvin E. Dieter, 93, former General Secretary of Educational Institutions for The Wesleyan Church, died on October 6, 2018, in Lyndhurst, Va. His wife of more than 72 years, Hallie Arline Kirtz Dieter, died the following day. In 1968, when the merging General...
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...
