Brittany Jolly |
October 3, 2019 |
News
As a pastor in Charleston, South Carolina, I always look for ways to serve those in need. My personal goal is to bring hope, healing and health to those locally and globally. So when Dr. Wayne Otto, lead pastor at Providence Wesleyan Church in Summerville, South...
Micah Kimball |
September 16, 2019 |
Featured News News
Devastation clouds over the remains of the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, with telephone poles and wires lying sprawled across streets, empty concrete slabs where homes once stood and debris littering lawns, roads and what remains of homes. Patrick Styers,...
Communication Team |
September 3, 2019 |
Featured News News
World Hope International (WHI) is mobilizing to respond to potential victims of Hurricane Dorian, a Category 4 storm impacting the Bahamas and potential coastal locations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Communications are ongoing with district...
Dan Irvine |
September 3, 2019 |
Featured News News
Imagine going to the hospital with a bursting appendix and the hospital is dark; the power is out. Picture yourself as a doctor in the middle of an intense operation and the lights go off, the machines power down and suddenly you’re operating without the ability to...
Tricia Rife |
October 15, 2018 |
Featured News News
The winds, rains and waves of Hurricane Florence are long-gone from the United States’ East Coast, but the emotional and financial aftermath of the storm remains. It’s been one month since Florence plummeted the eastern United States on September 14. Much of the...
Tricia Rife |
October 1, 2018 |
News
On September 15, Typhoon Mangkhut hit the Philippines with the strength similar to that of a category 5 hurricane. World Hope International (WHI), the relief and development partner of The Wesleyan Church, has been working alongside local Wesleyan churches in the...
Sophie Savage |
September 17, 2018 |
Featured News News
Hurricane Florence has forced evacuations for millions of people along the coast and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands. World Hope International (WHI) is actively working with Wesleyan pastors and district superintendents across South Carolina, North...
Wayne Schmidt |
September 12, 2018 |
Featured News News
According to today’s forecast for Hurricane Florence, 23.7 million residents of the Carolinas and Virginia are in the path of the Category 4 storm. Nearly 30,000 of those residents attend Wesleyan churches. Thanks to diligent meteorologists and the media, residents in...
Tricia Rife |
August 30, 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. Chicago Tribune pays tribute to oldest known Wesleyan Merle Phillips, a...
Ed Welch |
July 30, 2018 |
Colleges News
Southern Wesleyan University welcomes K. Scott Drury as its new vice president for advancement more than three decades after his father, Elmer Drury, served in the same role. Drury, a SWU graduate, brings a range of professional success encompassing law, fundraising...
Sophie Savage |
July 18, 2018 |
News
On Sunday, June 3, Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire (Volcán de Fuego) erupted, engulfing communities in its path and causing thousands of people to be displaced from their homes. A downpour and more volcanic activity to date has made recovery and rescue efforts challenging...
Sophie Savage |
June 15, 2018 |
News
Not everyone knows freedom—spiritually, or even physically. The Global Slavery Index reported that globally over 40 million people are subject to modern slavery—more than the entire population of California. One in four of these victims of modern slavery are children....
Communication Team |
June 8, 2018 |
Featured News News
On Sunday, June 3, Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire (Volcán de Fuego) erupted, engulfing communities in its path and causing thousands of people to be displaced from their homes. A downpour and more volcanic activity to date has made recovery and rescue efforts challenging...
Communication Team |
March 3, 2018 |
News
Global Partners and World Hope International are responding to the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake, dozens of aftershocks and landslides on February 26 and 27 that devastated Papua New Guinea (PNG). According to Reuters and Associated Press news reports, the...
Communication Team |
March 1, 2018 |
Featured News News
Thursday, March 8th, The Wesleyan Church will partner with World Hope International to celebrate International Women’s Day. We want you to join us by sharing how you empower the women and girls in your life. World Hope International has provided a toolkit to...
Sophie Savage |
February 15, 2018 |
News
As World Hope International (WHI) and sister organization, World Hope Canada (WHC), entered into an official operational partnership late in 2017, WHI excitedly welcomed a new executive director to lead the Canada team—Tanya Nace. Nace is no stranger to The Wesleyan...
Sophie Savage |
December 18, 2017 |
News
Relief organization responds to 2017 crises and new opportunities to alleviate global poverty and injustices It has been a challenging and active year for World Hope International (WHI). In August and September, Texas, Florida, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico were...
Keith Norris |
December 3, 2017 |
Blog Featured Blog
All over Africa, the phase “water is life” is commonly heard. Even the least educated know this first-hand, because fetching water is a daily task for many. It is normal to walk a far distance to bring back this necessity of life. Unfortunately, the only source of...
Kevin Barnsdale |
October 15, 2017 |
Featured News News
These pages cannot contain the whole in describing Saturday, September 30, 2017! This was food distribution day at Countryside Wesleyan in Alva, Florida. We were ministering to our neighbors impacted by Hurricane Irma. As we began our sharing of food and supplies, a...
Communications Team |
September 27, 2017 |
Featured News News
This video from CNN shares the devastation Puerto Rico has sustained, including a segment about Wesleyan Academy, a Wesleyan school significantly damaged by Hurricane Maria. Supplies are now being shipped to Puerto Rico and funds are needed to cover the cost of these...
Joel Cumberbatch |
September 22, 2017 |
Featured News Global News
http://donate.wesleyan.org/werf/hurricaneirma Greetings! Just yesterday I returned from Antigua where I had to stay for two additional days because of the storm conditions which affected the country as a result of the passing of hurricane Maria in the region. Thank...
Kevin Barnsdale |
September 20, 2017 |
Featured News News
Make WERF donations here. “It is with confidence in our God, gratitude for the Church and a request for continued prayer and relief ministry that I write,” said General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt. “The Wesleyan Church has been an ‘immediate responder’ in the many...
Janelle Vernon |
September 13, 2017 |
Featured News News
Click the following link to donate: http://donate.wesleyan.org/werf/hurricaneirma Volunteers for clean-up and roof repair can contact Poured Out at poured-out.org. General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt is activating the Wesleyan Emergency Relief Fund in response to...
Janelle Vernon |
September 11, 2017 |
News
Florida District Superintendent Patrick Styers has yet to hear from three churches located in the hardest-hit areas in the state. He says initial reports are positive with no people harmed and minimal property damage incurred, but significant debris. “The greatest...
