• Today's urban realities change how we minister, both here in the U.S. and around the world. Read more ...

  • When the Lakatoses moved to Toledo, they had no idea what God had planned. The casual conversations at the park, grocery store and McDonald’s soon made it apparent that immigrant families in northwest Ohio needed help. Read more ...

  • Tornadoes destroyed the homes of at least two Free Methodist families and affected the lives of countless others in Oklahoma this week. Read more ...

  • Whether on “highways” or Indian trails, he traversed the Allegheny Mountains dozens of times. The Holy Spirit rode with Asbury, converting the lost wherever he went. Read more ...

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An Expansive Focus

Focus can be confused with narrow.  Focused sight usually is aided by limiting the field of...

Burying the Terrorist

This morning’s News Flash: Bombing terrorist entombed in undisclosed location!  Two weeks ago if we could...

Happy Birthday to Me!

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IF Resources | May 2013 – Urban Priorities

Video and stories focusing on Urban Priorities Shouldn’t Somebody Call the Police? by Hope Owsley, Brazil As the sun went down, we put on our sweaters to ward off the evening chill. We walked down the street in the dim light and could just barely see the outline of a large trampoline blocking the road. [...]

Passion to Serve Immigrants and Refugees

BY CHRISTY MESAROS-WINCKLES Four years ago, Shane and Lona Lakatos took their children to play at a park in Toledo, Ohio. As they played, another family approached them because they noticed the Lakatoses speaking Arabic. As the two families chatted, the Lakatoses realized their new friends needed help. This wasn’t a one-time occurrence. The Lakatoses [...]

Francis Asbury: Immigrant Evangelist

BY MARK ALAN LESLIE Other than American Indians, most residents of the American colonies were immigrants in 1771. With no Ellis Island, Castle Garden or Citizen and Immigration Services, immigrants sailed here and went their way. Into this America seething with talk of revolution sailed the British Francis Asbury. His call from John Wesley and [...]

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FM Fund to Help After Oklahoma Tornadoes

BY JEFF FINLEY Tornadoes destroyed the homes of at least two Free Methodist families and affected the lives of countless others in Oklahoma this week. Mid-America Conference Superintendent Jeffrey Johnson said the three daughters of Alvaro and Veronica Torres, the pastors of Oklahoma City’s Odres Nuevo congregation, were in the Briarwood Elementary School when a [...]

Greenville College Names 12th President

Affirming the recommendation of the presidential search committee, the Greenville College board of trustees unanimously elected Ivan Filby as the college’s 12th president. Filby, who currently serves as dean of the Fermanian School of Business at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, officially begins his presidency on July 1. Filby previously served from 2005-12 [...]

Transition after a Great Loss

FROM FRIENDS OF HOPE AFRICA UNIVERSITY All those with interest in Hope Africa University have been saddened by the death of Bishop Elie Buconyori, a founder and the Rector of Hope Africa University. Dr. Buconyori died of cancer on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. Bishop Elie’s death is a huge loss to the university, the [...]

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Pastor Starts Internet TV Station

BY PASTOR JOHN BESHAI Light and Life Arabic Free Methodist Church, Detroit Mich. Light Broadcasting Network Director I want to share with everybody at the Free Methodist Church – USA the passion I have for media ministry. I have experienced the effectiveness of mass media communications, especially when the radio and TV shows helped evolve [...]

Returning to My Roots

BY LISA JACKINSKY I am a Free Methodist. But I only realized that recently. When I was young, my mother told me stories of her Free Methodist upbringing – her father’s commanding presence as First Free Methodist’s enduring song leader before instruments and choirs were used; the annual summer camp meeting, where congregants gathered for [...]

FM Team Serves in New Jersey

BY DR. RON HAMPTON Founder, Takin’ it to the Streets, Inc. On April 20, 2013, Saint Anthony’s Church of Passaic, N.J. was the scene where Takin’ it to the Streets, Inc., a Free Methodist non-profit organization from Washington, D.C. partnered with other churches and organizations to provide relief for victimes of super-storm Sandy. The founder [...]

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