Windshields are Bigger Than Rearview Mirrors
July 18, 2023 By Rev. Jay Therrell Special Note: This is a message our president gave at a recent annual conference luncheon for one of our WCA regional chapters....
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A Mission Not a Mausoleum
July 11, 2023 By Rev. Jay Therrell There are four or five sermons that I’ve heard in my lifetime that I can remember almost every word. God used the...
Freedom Isn’t Free
July 4, 2023 By Rev. Jay Therrell About 14 months ago, I began a personal reading project. There is much I must read in my position, and I wanted...
Vicarious Joy, Actual Distress
By Rev. Glen Haworth June 27, 2023 I stand in awe, with great rejoicing, as I hear the good news of hundreds, even thousands of congregations gaining their freedom...
By the Numbers
June 20, 2023 By. Rev. Jay Therrell Over May and June, the American annual conferences have their regular meetings. One of the most significant agenda items has been voting...
New WCA Global Council Officers Elected
June 13, 2023 Last week’s meeting of the WCA Global Council was a bittersweet meeting for this team that provides strategic guidance and oversight to the Wesleyan Covenant Association....
Gathering of European Methodist Conservative Churches
By Marjana Luist June 6, 2023 Due to the split in the United Methodist Church (UMC), there is a need to create connections and find opportunities for fellowship and information...
We’re Not Done Yet
By Carolyn Moore May 30, 2023 On August 1, 2016, God began to do something new in global Methodism when fifty United Methodists met in Houston to pray and...
John Wesley’s Call for Us Today
By Rev. Jay Therrell May 23, 2023 Tomorrow is May 24, 2023: Aldersgate Day. On May 24, 1738, 285 years ago, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, went “very...
Cooler and Calmer Heads
By Rev. Jay Therrell May 16, 2023 Since the beginning of 2023, there have been 16 special annual conference meetings where churches have been approved for disaffiliation. Thankfully, all...
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
By Rev. Jay Therrell May 9, 2023 Special Note: WCA President Jay Therrell shared the following message at the Global Legislative Assembly on May 4, 2023. The assembly was...
A Window Into the Future
By Rev. Jay Therrell May 2, 2023 For those wondering what The United Methodist Church will look like after the disaffiliation window closes, the Minnesota Annual Conference has given...
Waiting for General Conference 2024: What I see as an African
By Simon Mafunda April 25, 2023 One thing that really gave me serious trouble growing up was the idea of waiting. I don’t think I have quite grown out of...
An Update on Lawsuits Across the USA
By Rev. Jay Therrell April 18, 2023 One of the questions that we get asked most is about various ongoing lawsuits across the United States. While the Wesleyan Covenant...
Chaos in Carolina: Seizing Assets and Closing a Church
By Rev. Jay Therrell April 11, 2023 Imagine arriving at your church on a Sunday evening expecting to meet with the district superintendent, a required step in the disaffiliation...
Butterflies and Easter
By Rev. Jay Therrell April 4, 2023 On an ordinary winter day in 1961 a man named Edward Lorenz, a meteorologist from MIT, was running some routine experiments when...