Transforming Congregations Through the Matthew 28 Initiative

A few years ago, our conference worked with Paul Borden to develop the Matthew 28 Initiative. This initiative is “a strategy for transforming congregations to greater fruitfulness in making disciples of Jesus Christ.” This is the third year of Matthew 28 in our conference. As I understand it, there are approximately 45 churches in the … Read more

“The Spirit of Wesleyan Leadership”

One of the books we read as part of the D.Min. program at Asbury several years ago was Lovett Weems’ Leadership in the Wesleyan Spirit. I never blogged about it but I think about it from time to time. Weems discusses the vision and practices of early American Methodists. When people in America began moving … Read more