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 [...]
Women Clergy “Rise Up” in the Rockies
BY KATHY CALLAHAN-HOWELL The YMCA of the Rockies provided the idyllic setting for 45 Free Methodists who gathered April 11–14 for the Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy (WHWC) event Come to the Water. This year’s theme, “Rise Up,” threaded throughout the event in the worship and speaking. Just walking outside between sessions lent reality to the [...]
FM Superintendent Elected WHWC President
BY BETH CULLISON Gateway Conference Superintendent Lucia Delamarter, Free Methodist Church representative to the Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy board of directors, has been elected to serve a two-year term as the new president of WHWC. Delamarter served the local church in a variety of lay leader capacities. Then the Lord called her to ordained ministry. [...]