The Foundation for Evangelism awarded Dr. Norman Neaves, Senior Minister of Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City, OK with the United Methodist Distinguished Evangelist Award for 2006 at Lake Junaluska, NC on Saturday October 28. This award is presented annually to a clergyperson or layperson...
In an effort to more effectively spread the message of Jesus Christ around the campus of Pfeiffer University, the Peer Chaplains Program has added three members to its roster of fourteen chaplains who dedicate themselves to the spiritual needs of all students attending the University. The seve...
On July 12 the Junaluska Women’s Club hosted the 38th annual Tour of Homes, which included the new building for the Foundation for Evangelism. Approximately 300 guests toured the 10,000 square foot facility, visiting from all areas of the Southeast as well as Lake Junaluska’s own local communi...
During the last week in June, Kasper Skårhøj, the lead developer of the open-source content manager TYPO3, met with software developers of the Web Empowered Church to train and review on program upgrades. TYPO3 is a powerful content management system that can be difficult to learn, so training...
“Evil. The very word has the power to conjure up a sense of threat and make us stop and wonder. Why is there evil? What is it exactly? Where does it come from? Can it be defeated?” The Wesley Ministry Network, affiliated with Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C., has released a new Adult E...
The "FORWARD" is the official newsletter of The Foundation for Evangelism. First published in 1980 with the title “Moving United Methodism FORWARD, An Evangelism Journal,” the publication has been produced in 27 Volumes. Articles highlight major events and success stories in evangelism throughout th...
The ministry touch of Dr. E. Stanley Jones can be clearly seen in the ministry called “Ashram.” Dr. Jones’ ministry was world-wide, with a particular focus on the Christian faith in India. A Christian Ashram is a fellowship retreat with great diversity, singing, spiritual growth and group shar...
College Union, a community of United Methodists in Campus Ministry, has launched a new web community at www.collegeunion.org. The site is a web journal and resource place designed “by people involved in campus ministry, for people in campus ministry.”
The website is designed for “best practices” i...
John McLarty, pastor of Faith United Methodist Church in Corinth, Texas is a Fitzgerald Pastor, member of the 2002 Class. Faith UMC was launched in September 2003 with 165 persons in worship. Attendance is now averaging 160 persons with 182 members. The church has very active youth, children and oth...
New ways of cooperation opened up
Every quadrennium the deans and faculty of the United Methodist Theological Schools in Europe (UMTSE) meet for a consultation. From February 2-6th a group of 29 representatives from theological institutions in Bratislava/Slovakia, Gothenburg/Sweden, Graz/Aust...
