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Fifty-One Wesleyan Churches Top 500 in Average Attendance
September 8, 2010 - In: Feature News
Fifty-one Wesleyan Churches averaged 500 or more in weekend worship attendance in 2009-2010. When the Church first began tracking congregations of 500 or more in 1986, fifteen churches ranked in this category.
Chicken Eatery Serves as Temporary Church Home
August 31, 2010 - In: Feature News
Church planting naturally poses several questions.
How will the church define its philosophy or values? What will the culture be? How will the church minister to the community? A more difficult question to answer can sometimes be, “Where will we meet?”
Building Togetherness in Marriage
August 27, 2010 By Mark O. Wilson - In: Feature Lifestyle Online Exclusive
Shortly before last week’s wedding ceremony, Frank, the bride’s father, shared the following marriage advice he’d heard a minister say decades ago during a ceremony.
I found that quite amazing, as I’ve always assumed nobody recalls anything the preacher says during a wedding, except “I pronounce you husband and wife” and “you may kiss the bride!”
Do I Need God?
August 20, 2010 By Tricia Allen - In: Blog
An American woman serving in Yemen was heard saying, “In America, it’s hard to need God.”
What?! How can that be? I initially thought. Then my friend, who had overheard the missionary’s words, explained. American life is so comfortable and virtually without persecution. With so many distractions jockeying to rule our lives, how do we find room to need God when we think we “need” so many other things?
Brush Piles
August 18, 2010 By Mark O. Wilson - In: Blog
While making brush piles of broken branches in the aftermath of the recent wind storm, I recalled the following account shared by former Wesleyan leader, Dr. Oliver G. Wilson.
