Revive Us Again
by Don Butterworth, Technology Services Manager, Wilmore Campus, and class of ’84, MAR The warm glow of Christmas has come and gone. The sky is grey. The wind is cold and biting. Though the days are getting longer, Spring still seems to be an eternity away. When we look around at our world, we see evil and […]
The New School: A Fresh Class of Pastors Steps up to the Pulpit in Northeast Mississippi
by Riley Manning/NEMS Daily Journal Though they may be new to the pulpit, some of Northeast Mississippi’s newest pastors have big plans for their churches and communities. Coming from a wide variety of backgrounds – some even from other professions – each one brings a different set of skills, talents, and objectives to the table. […]
Upcoming Alumni Events, March 2013
Click here for Ministry Conference schedule, speakers information, and to register. Please join us for a complimentary Alumni Luncheon on March 6. This is an opportunity to catch up with former classmates in a private dining area. President Tennent will share updates with us and the President’s Cabinet will be present. Please RSVP by Monday, […]
Alumni Publications, March 2013
VITAL: CHURCHES CHANGING COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD by Jorge Acevedo (1988, M.Div.) What behaviors do highly vital congregations have in common? How can all congregations move toward greater vitality? In Vital, Jorge Acevedo passionately and effectively reveals how Grace Church in Cape Coral, Florida, has developed behaviors that result in vital and fruitful ministry. Focusing […]
Dr. Christine Pohl’s New Book Chosen as the ERB Book of the Year
The Englewood Review of Books is a weekly book review that recently selected Dr. Pohl’s new book, Living into Community, as their Book of the Year. Click here for the Englewood Review of Books website and here for an excerpt of the book. The Amazon page for Dr. Pohl’s book can, also, be found here.
Alumni Updates, February 2013
Matt Conover (MDiv, 2001) When I graduated from Asbury, I received my first church in Dike, Iowa. I was ordained as an Elder in the Iowa Annual Conference in 2004. I received my second church in 2005 in Sioux City, IA (proud birth place of Dr. Ellsworth Kallas!). In 2007, I went on family leave […]
Seedbed Announcements
Seedbed Announces New Release from Maxie Dunnam. This could be his most important book since The Workbook of Living Prayer. It will work great for a spring (Lent) or Fall Church wide study. It’s called The Intercessory Life: Breaking the Impossibility Barrier. Maxie Dunnam’s latest forty-day study, The Intercessory Life: Breaking the Impossibility Barrier, challenges us to […]
Alumni Publications, February 2013
Rev. J. Todd Kingrea (MDiv, 2000) Carrying on the Mission of Jesus Acts devotional Carrying On the Mission Of Jesus: Rediscovering the mission, identity, and purpose of the church is to be released April 15, 2013. Why is the church today is so different from the church we see in the book of Acts? How did […]
Alumni Obituaries, February 2013
FRESCOLN-Robert E. (MDiv, 1960), 84, passed away recently. He was born July 29, 1928, on a farm outside of Winner, SD, to Joseph George Frescoln and Esther Ellen (Leggott) Frescoln. He graduated from Winner High School and attended the University of South Dakota before being married to Ellen Eileen Nelson in 1949. In 1950, he […]
Exquisite Timing
by J. Ellsworth Kalas We anticipate that in heaven we’ll learn about miracles we experienced that we didn’t know about when they were happening. But sometimes we’re blessed with a foretaste of this experience while we’re still on this earth. I had such an experience a few weeks ago. It came in a letter from […]