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Pastor’s Forums Report: Some Initial Thoughts

This morning my mailbox greeted me with a ‘ding’ that notified me of a newly arrived email. The email was from Ken Heer and contained a copy of a report to the General Board of Superintendents. The report contained an aggregate of the main themes of a recent listening session between the General Superintendents and …

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May 4, 2010 – 10:14 am | By joshrhone | Posted in General | Tagged , , , | View Comments

mission | trajectory | future: why what we measure matters

The Wesleyan Church, the denomination of which I am a part, is hosting a series of ‘Pastors Forum(s)’ in the coming months. The purpose of these meetings/forums/discussions is: to gather knowledge from the grassroots on what needs to be revived, refined, reinvented, and/or restructured in order for North American Wesleyans to achieve our vision of …

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September 8, 2009 – 3:00 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | View Comments

Possible Symposia Topics

“Male, female, and inter-sexed He created them: Exploring issues of gender and sexual expression in light of the imago Dei.” Such a paper would seek to understand the nature of human sexuality/gender in light of the imago Dei. In particular, the paper would seek to explore the nature of the of the inter-sexed in light …

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September 4, 2009 – 8:35 am | By joshrhone | Posted in General, Theology | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Doctrinal Symposia

The Wesleyan Church will be hosting the 2010 Doctrinal Symposia in the latter half of the coming year. This year’s topic is slated to be ‘Wesleyan Perspectives on Human Nature: Perfect, Flawed, and Redeemed.’. Furthermore, the question is asked, ‘Viewed from the perspective of creation, carnality, and consecration, what was human nature intended to be, …

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August 28, 2009 – 6:34 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in Theology | Tagged , , , , , | View Comments