Check Out Pastor John’s Youtube Channel
Go and check out the new Youtube Channel that features Pastor John’s radio show “Grounded.” Be sure to subscribe to the channel so you never miss an episode....
View ArticleWhy I Chose to Participate
Last weekend, I experienced a first in my life and that was participating in the First Annual Bar-B-Q competition at the Sun Festival. It was an amazing, fun time and I had a blast. I was overjoyed...
View ArticleBehold 2015: Our 30th Year!!
What’s it like for well over 700 youth to sing, dance and worship…LOUD and AMAZING. Over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Behold Ministries held their 30th annual retreat and it was awesome....
View ArticleWithholding Apportionments in Disagreement with the Church
I recently read an article regarding Mt. Bethel UMC (One of the largest UM churches in Georgia and east of the Mississippi River) in Marietta, GA withholding their apportionment giving because of their...
View ArticleFlint Hill: Breaking Down Racial Barriers
On a Wednesday evening In the late spring of 2013, I visited Flint Hill UMC for the first time as the pastor who would be taking the reigns of leadership for this church. The current pastor Dee Dowdy...
View ArticleHow To Kill The American Church by Peter Heck
Tear down that cross and toss it in the wood chipper because the American church is toast. So goes conventional wisdom after recent revelations from the Pew Research Center, which found that in just...
View ArticleQuestion about Homosexuality
I received this question from a friend of mine and I wanted to post my answer: The Bishop he is referring to is the statement from the Bishop of the Kentucky Conference. “Not looking for an argument,...
View ArticleSOAP will not only keep you clean, but will improve your SPIRITUAL Journey
I have often had people tell me that it was very non-productive to just grab a Bible and start reading. It is often told to me that it is “boring” to do that. I understand and have felt the same way....
View ArticleThat’s a Sin??
(S) James 4:17 “So it is a sin for a person who knows to do what is good and doesn’t do it.” (A) Here James is exhorting his readers to do what is right by reminding them if they don’t do what is...
View ArticleEffective Prayer
(S) James 5:13-14 “Is any among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises. Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church and they should...
View ArticleSet Your Hope
(S) 1 Peter 1:13 “Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be serious, and set you hope completely on the grace brought to you at the Revelation of Jesus Christ.” (O) Peter is telling his readers...
View ArticleWesleyan Covenant Association
This past Friday I spent with 1800 pastors and laity in Chicago at the 1st gathering of the Wesleyan Covenant Association. This was one of the most remarkable experiences I have witnessed in a long...
View ArticleStatement on Biblical Authority
Statement on Biblical Authority from WCA Given the current challenges directed to the unique place of the Bible in the church, we affirm that the core of the Christian faith is revealed in Scripture as...
View ArticleStatement of Faith from WCA
Statement of Faith We affirm classical Wesleyan doctrine and the historic faith, which the church has used to define the parameters of Christian teaching. Doctrine, properly understood, unifies the...
View ArticleWho Is the Wesleyan Covenant Association?
Purposes. The Wesleyan Covenant Association (“WCA”) is an association of congregations, clergy persons, and laity who desire to cooperate in the mission of the WCA to promote the ministry of the gospel...
View ArticleStatement of Moral Principles
Statement of Moral Principles Given our current time and context, we highlight and affirm the following moral principles, acknowledging that other moral principles merit our further attention. Gender...
View ArticleWCA Statement to Bishops’ Commission on a Way Forward
Chicago Statement to the Bishops’ Commission on A Way Forward The Wesleyan Covenant Association Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday, October 7, 2016, over 1,700 people affirmed and approved the...
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