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Surrender
July 6, 2010 By Shawnda Dykhoff - In: Holiness Magazine
My call to full time ministry came at an early age. I was adopted at age four by Rev. Ken and Brenda Dykhoff. I accepted Christ into my heart shortly thereafter. At the age of 14, I was sanctified at a youth leadership camp called Frontline Training Camp. I vividly remember making the decision to allow Christ to write my life story, to be completely sold out to Him, His call, His ministry, and His best for my life. It was not an emotional decision but one where my will was shaped completely by and for Him.
Overcoming a Pastor's Forced Departure
July 6, 2010 By Ronald D. Kelly - In: Magazine
Church boards and church bodies are often vocal when they are unhappy with their pastor. In one large denomination, it was reported that 1,460 ministers were forced to resign in one year—that equates to four per day, 28 per week, and 122 per month. Statistics within The Wesleyan Church are not nearly that dramatic. Because it requires the approval of the district board of administration, the forced departure of a pastor in our denomination is rare. However, the possibility of being voted out by a congregation or being convinced to resign by a marginal vote is real.
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Welcoming the Stranger: Wesleyans See Explosion of Ethnic Ministries
July 2, 2010 - In: Feature News
When eighteenth-century theologian and reformer John Wesley said “The world is my parish” he couldn’t have known how much change that world would see. Industry, technology, and scientific discovery have changed its boundaries, and the commandment of Christ to “go into all the world and preach the gospel” now may include a twenty-minute drive as well as a ten-hour flight. Increasingly, ethnic cultures have come to North America—with the same spiritual and physical hunger they experienced in the nation of their birth.
Wesleyan Athletes Have Significant Platform
July 1, 2010 - In: News
The 2010 FIFA World Cup may be at the forefront of the sports world but the action behind the scenes in South Africa is just as–if not more–important.
Well-known Athletes in Action, the sports ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, is using soccer to communicate the message of the gospel.
Wesleyan Pastor to Donate Kidney
June 30, 2010 - In: Lifestyle News
Many truths can be found in the Gospel of John but one act of giving will soon illustrate at least one, in a big way.
John 15:13 says, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Pastor Joel Gorveatte of Tuscaloosa (Alabama) First Wesleyan Church will donate a kidney to Connie Howard (pictured), Tuscaloosa First office manager and church secretary.
