Articles for tag: Emmanuel Institutes

November 2, 2011

This week theÂ Emmanuel InstitutesÂ announced a new program–and an opportunity for 15 students to earn a full scholarship. Next August the institute will host its first-everÂ Ministry Immersion WeekÂ as an opportunity for emerging church leaders from undergraduate programs. Students will gather for a week of “comprehensive exposure to the ‘ins and outs’ of ministry best practices.” The organization is inviting other Restoration Movement colleges and universities to encourage their top students to apply, and 15 will be selected to participate with no expenses beyond the $50 application fee. TheÂ East 91st Street Christian Church FoundationÂ and contributions from 33 partner churches and organizations are

October 4, 2009

Christian Standard

Colleges & Seminaries Organizations & Events

Preparing for Ministry, Preparing for Community, Preparing for Change

Â by S. J. Dahlman Emmanuel School of Religion President Robert Wetzel retired in May, succeeded by Michael Sweeney. A few days before the transition, the two men sat down to talk about the once and future seminary. Â Â Â In his 15 years as president of Emmanuel School of Religion, Robert Wetzel saw how seminary education must include more than simply learning theology, history, and ministry methods in a classroom. Intellectual rigor and academic discipline are crucial to Wetzel, but the education must “make it more than that. It must be head and heart.” Wetzel retired at the

December 3, 2008

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership

Big Ideas for Smaller Churches

By Mark A. Taylor Barney Wells summarized the Energizing Smaller Churches Network challenge at an October ESCN conference. “Being where God wants you is more important than being where it looks good,” he told the crowd gathered for the event at Cincinnati Christian University. “You can”t get in a place so small that God can”t work there.” All of us who heard him left eager to seek God”s direction, even if it leads away from big cities, well-known congregations, or obvious opportunities. “Small” does not need to equal “unimportant” or “inconsequential,” especially where God is guiding. That”s the message of

July 18, 2007

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Planting

Interview with John Wasem

By Brad Dupray John Wasem has been at the forefront of the church-planting movement for nearly all of his 30-plus years in ministry. As minister of outreach at East 91st Christian Church in Indianapolis in the early 1980s, he crafted a plan for the church to start 20 churches in 20 years””a goal the church has far exceeded.John planted Suncrest Christian Church in St. John, Indiana (East 91st Street church plant no. 7) in 1994 and since then has taught church planting at Lincoln (Illinois) Christian Seminary and Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, Tennessee. John currently serves as the

August 6, 2006

John E. Wasem

Church Planting Church & Ministry

NNCC: A 37-Year Journey of Passion and Vision

Double Vision helped energize new church multiplication and expand the National New Church Conference. This piece traces the NNCC from its 1969 beginnings through its growth, leadership, and enduring principles.