By Keith Boyette November 24, 2021 Have you ever felt alone in standing resolutely for the Lord? That somehow God has focused His attention on some other part of creation, abandoning you to your circumstances? Certainly, the prophet Elijah felt that way. In 1 Kings 19, having defeated the prophets of Baal, Elijah is forced …
By Carolyn Moore November 19, 2021 I’ve heard it said that prayer is not preparation for the work. Prayer is the work, and I absolutely believe that. It is why I have personally emphasized the work of prayer in this movement called the Wesleyan Covenant Association. More than two years ago, we launched the International …
By Walter Fenton November 16, 2021 The Wesleyan Covenant Association is pleased to announce that Mr. Simon Mafunda has joined its leadership team. He will serve as the association’s Africa Coordinator, facilitating the flow of information between the Global WCA and Methodists in Africa, and communicating African Methodist perspectives to WCA council members and staff. …
By Keith Boyette November 12, 2021 The Wesleyan Covenant Association recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Many of you will recall our first gathering in Chicago, Illinois in October of 2016. We came together out of a desperate desire to be the people who had been called of God to contend for the faith. We longed …
By Simon Mafunda November 5, 2021 Hearing the Rev. Louis Loma Otshudi’s harrowing story initially sounds like a wild piece of fictitious entertainment. Unfortunately, it is not. At a recent meeting in Kenya, I had the opportunity to hear this Central Congo clergyman narrate his ordeal. In August of this year Otshudi narrowly escaped being …
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By Ryan N. Danker October 29, 2021 There’s a t-shirt that I’ve always been tempted to purchase with an image of the Wesley brothers and the words “John and Charles Wesley were Anglicans” clearly printed below it. I’m not sure it would be a popular t-shirt at United Methodist Church annual conference meetings, but the …
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By Elizabeth Fink October 22, 2021 “Teenagers” and “discipleship.” Do those two words strike fear in your heart? Alone they can be unnerving, but together, they make even the most dedicated pastors, parents, and laypeople shake in their boots. Many of us have spent hours desperately trying to find the most effective process for discipling …
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By Walter Fenton October 15, 2021 Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church has filed a counterclaim against the North Georgia Annual Conference’s Board of Trustees in a matter stemming from Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson’s decision to reappoint the Rev. Dr. Jody Ray, the congregation’s senior pastor. Both Ray and Mt. Bethel’s Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) and …
By Keith Boyette, President Wesleyan Covenant Association It was with heavy hearts that we learned this past Friday afternoon of the sudden passing of Dr. William “Billy” J. Abraham. Billy was a world-renowned theologian, a passionate teacher, a gifted writer, and a wonderfully witty and inspiring speaker; above all, he was a warm-hearted, devoted disciple …
By Keith Boyette October 8, 2021 I just returned from Nairobi, Kenya. Yes, you read that right. I traveled with four colleagues from the United States to meet with sixteen Methodist leaders who came from countries across Africa. All of us, whether we came from the U.S. or from Liberia, Zimbabwe, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic …