By Jeremy Rebman June 17, 2022 At this year’s clergy session of the Florida Annual Conference, all 16 candidates for provisional deacon’s and elder’s orders were not approved for commissioning. To my knowledge, this has never happened in our conference, and perhaps not in any other. Understandably, this has caused grief and confusion. At the …
“Exile wasn’t just a holding pattern. It wasn’t just a waiting room. Exile was a space where God was reminding the [Israelites] who they are,” said the Rev. Erik Grayson, Pastor of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina. “You can’t get to the land of promise if you don’t learn the lessons …
By Jay Therrell June 10, 2022 The last straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back came this past Tuesday evening, June 7, 2022, when progressive and centrist signers and endorsers of the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation withdrew their support for it. They did so through publishing a website where they abandoned the …
“Isn’t it interesting how when God calls us to take a step of faith out of our comfort zone it is so much easier to tell everybody else how to do it than when we are standing on the ledge and have to take the step of faith ourselves,” said the Rev. Stephanie Greenwald, Pastor …
Dear WCA Family, Greetings in the strong and mighty name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! This week begins a new chapter in the life of the Wesleyan Covenant Association in many ways. As always, I think it’s most appropriate to simply begin by thanking God for all the ways He has been at …
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By Keith Boyette May 31, 2022 Five years ago, God surprised me when He called me to the presidency of the Wesleyan Covenant Association. The WCA Global Council confirmed that call when it voted to install me in that position. What a glorious five years it has been! Although I have never felt adequate to …
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May 27, 2022 “When I was young, I did not know what my elders meant when they said, ‘Say so,’” explained the Rev. Angela Pleasants as she recalled the interchange between preacher and people at the “Methocostal” church of her childhood. “But when I was older, I understood what [they] meant when they said, ‘Let …
May 20, 2022 The Rev. Rob Renfroe wove together words from the Apostle Paul and Mary Bethune to challenge an audience of over 2,000 people who attended More Than Conquerors, the Wesleyan Covenant Association’s Sixth Global Gathering at Kingsway Christian Church in Avon, Indiana, on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Noting that Bethune was the daughter …
By Walter Fenton May 13, 2022 In addition to revising its mission statement and naming a new president, the 240 delegates attending the Wesleyan Covenant Association’s Fourth Global Legislative Assembly passed several resolutions and elected nine new members to its leadership council. Meeting on Friday, May 6, at Kingsway Christian Church in Avon, Indiana, the …
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By Walter Fenton May 7, 2022 In light of the third postponement of The United Methodist Church’s 2020 General Conference, delegates to the Wesleyan Covenant Association’s Fourth Global Legislative Assembly, heartily endorsed a revised mission statement for their association. They also overwhelmingly and enthusiastically voted to elect the Rev. Jay Therrell as the association’s second …