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Mt. Bethel UMC – Marietta, Ga.

The economic crisis that began in the fall of 2008 forced Mt. Bethel to re-examine its main purpose. The operating budget had to be reduced from $10 million to $8 million within a few months. Many staff positions were eliminated. Rather than cut into the “muscle” of the program (evangelism, missions, outreach), the congregation was challenged to care for the facilities themselves and divert the hundreds of thousands of dollars to our outreach ministries. In other words, we made a determined decision to focus our energies outward as opposed to inward. The effort has been miraculous.

Nationally Recognized Preach Speaks at Summer Worship Series

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2010 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PREACHER SPEAKS at summer worship series LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – Distinguished Evangelist of The United Methodist Church, Rev. Jorge Acevedo, will preach July 4, 10:45 a.m. at Stuart Auditorium for the Lake Junaluska Summer Worship Series. His sermon, “The Church America Needs,” will be one in a [...]

Nationally Recognized Preacher Speaks At Summer Worship Series

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – Distinguished Evangelist of The United Methodist Church, Rev. Jorge Acevedo, will preach July 4, 10:45 a.m. at Stuart Auditorium for the Lake Junaluska Summer Worship Series. His sermon, “The Church America Needs,” will be one in a series of nine on the theme of “Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise.” As [...]

Swartz Creek UMC Named 2010 Culture of the Call Church

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2010 SWARTZ CREEK UMC NAMED 2010 CULTURE OF THE CALL CHURCH SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. – The Foundation for Evangelism is pleased to recognize the first-ever recipient of the Culture of the Call Church Award - Swartz Creek United Methodist Church, in Swartz Creek, Michigan. This annual award recognizes one local congregation of The [...]

Timothy Scholars Program Has National Success

Recently, we received an email from Dr. Kenda Creasy-Dean, Timothy Scholars mentor at Princeton Theological Seminary, updating us on the students’ status. The Timothy Scholars grant program, begun in 2007, provides scholarship funds to train future seminary professors and leaders focusing on youth and young adults ministries in The United Methodist Church. We are pleased [...]

First-Ever Culture of the Call Church Award Presented

The Foundation for Evangelism is pleased to recognize the first-ever recipient of the Culture of the Call Church Award – Swartz Creek United Methodist Church, in Swartz Creek, Michigan. This annual award recognizes one local congregation of The United Methodist Church with a history of helping young people 35 or younger experience God’s call to [...]

Young Denman Award Winner Shares God’s Transforming Love

A Story of Transformation in Nicaragua BY: LAURA HOLDERFIELD, 2009 HOLSTON DENMAN AWARD RECIPIENT “I want to help these kids. I don’t want to live my life secluded in America not knowing what’s going on outside of my nation’s borders. I can’t live like that. Not after seeing this. People pray for experiences to stick [...]

Foundation for Evangelism Website Relaunch

The Foundation for Evangelism announces the launch of their newly redesigned website on June 1, 2010, at www.FoundationForEvangelism.org. The new website, designed by the Foundation’s in-house communications team, aims to make information on the Foundation’s initiatives more accessible and appeal to a broader audience of donors; grant recipients; local church, district, and annual conference evangelism [...]