This fall Faith Communities Today, a research organization, released its FACT 2020 report on church attendance patterns in the US. This organization has been surveying
In a previous Catalyst blog entitled “The Biblical Basis for the Ordination of Women in the Wesleyan Tradition,” I described various patterns of women’s leadership
In a restaurant in North Dakota, I found myself sitting across from a pastor I had met just hours earlier when I presented at his
Last month I came across a complaint on the internet. It was pretty standard as internet complaints go, but it stayed with me because it
When thinking about those who need ministry care within our congregations, it’s easy to overlook service members, veterans, and military families. They often appear composed,
St. Augustine, writing in what is arguably the most influential handbook for preachers in the Christian tradition (De Doctrina Christiana) begins by citing the experience
One of the pandemic’s “gifts” to me was that, for the first time in years, I started watching videos of my preaching on a regular
In the past month or so, those of us in the Wesleyan theological tradition have been privileged to witness the ordination of numerous women and
I asked a seminary student what she wanted to read about in Catalyst, since this is a resource for seminarians. What would be helpful to
The task of faithfully pastoring a church so that its life together would embody Christ’s life and ministry has never been easy. It is even