Administration

Articles Wasted Space, Wasted Opportunity
- By Dan R. Dick
- Posted on January 11th, 2011
A church that attracts a large number of people, offers a wide variety of programs, is financially sound, and provides engaging worship is generally considered to be a…
Articles What Lights You Up?: Staying Alive in Ministry
- By Donna Schaper
- Posted on January 7th, 2011
Staying alive in ministry involves knowing what we mean by “alive” and what we mean by “ministry.” There is a pollution of words and confusion of roles…
Articles When the Healer Is Wounded Who Will Bring the Bandages and Wine?
- By Thomas R. Steagald
- Posted on January 7th, 2011
In the late summer of 1995, Tom Steagald experienced a profound crisis of faith and ministry. A nine-month voluntary leave of absence allowed him to relocate and begin…
Articles It's a Girl's Job After All!
- By Judith E. Smith
- Posted on January 6th, 2011
When I was four years old, so my mother says, and we were visiting my grandparents, I announced one Sunday afternoon that we were going to have church and I was going to preach. I …
Articles Do This (at least weekly) in Remembrance of Me
- By Joseph W. Daniels Jr.
- Posted on January 6th, 2011
Like with most of us, the celebration of the Lord's Supper on first Sundays has always had great significance to my spiritual journey. Remembering the life, death, and…
Articles Leading the Congregation Toward a Vital Sunday School
- By William B. Lawrence
- Posted on January 4th, 2011
For all of the evangelical fervor, social activism, and organizational genius that have marked Wesleyan Methodism, one of its distinguishing marks has been an emphasis upon…