by Bishop Kenny Martin | Dec 23, 2025 | Seeking Together
The scripture that caught my attention — and for us to remember, review, and re-imagine for revival — is found in Revelation 2, and it’s a call to repentance. The message is to the “loveless church” whose members are told to go back to their first love. It was a call...
by Bishop Kaye Kolde | Dec 23, 2025 | Seeking Together
“Holy Spirit-Fueled Movement. Just as we pray for strength, You ask us to strain forward, and You give us strength. As we pray for faith, You ask us to step out in faith, and You give us more faith. When we pray for healing, You ask us to stretch out to You as the...
by Bishop Keith Cowart | Dec 23, 2025 | Seeking Together
One of the scriptures God stirred in us during the Seeking Together gatherings was John 14:12–14 (NIV): Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to...
by Bishop Kaye Kolde | Dec 22, 2025 | Seeking Together
This response was given to the Seeking Together question “Jesus, what are You saying to me?”: Jesus, help me to recognize Your voice whether it is through spectacular God events or Your still small voice. (I reflected on 1 Kings 19:9–15.) You are always speaking,...
by Bishop Kenny Martin | Dec 22, 2025 | Seeking Together
This is my first reflection from our time of Seeking Together and from God’s Word. I want to “just stay in the throne room.” The scripture that came to my mind was Exodus 24:12–18 (CEB). “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain and wait there’...
by Bishop Keith Cowart | Dec 22, 2025 | Seeking Together
Among the many good words shared in our Seeking Together gatherings was this one given in Spring Arbor. It is a good representation of several words we heard related to God doing “a new thing” in the Free Methodist Church. As is so often true with the things of God,...
by Jeff Finley | Apr 22, 2025 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
Prayer is key to bringing spiritual growth and change in the church, the Free Methodist Church USA bishops said on a recent episode of “The Light + Life Podcast.” Host Brett Heintzman — who serves as both the denominational communications director and the co-director...
by Fred TenEyck | Apr 20, 2025 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
The Free Methodist Way serves to inform us of what we stand for as members of the Free Methodist Church. But it also informs the world of our legacy as members of this historic denomination. Nowhere is that more evident than when a group of African American pastors...
by Jeff Finley | Mar 12, 2025 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
More Time Given for Discussion, Discernment In a special sitting March 3, General Conference 2023 delegates voted 161-59 for the Free Methodist Church USA’s next General Conference to be held in July 2029. The two-year delay from the normal four-year cycle gained the...
by Katie Ehle | Feb 19, 2025 | Pastors and Leaders Newsletter
Expect big changes to the Free Methodist Church USA in the coming years. These changes are needed to unleash missional momentum so the church can become a movement again, the FMCUSA Board of Bishops explained in a conversation with Brett Heintzman on a recent episode...
