In our journey through a Wesleyan Understanding of Salvation, we have considered prevenient or preventing grace, convicting grace, and justifying grace. We now turn our attention to an aspect of salvation that Wesley taught as happening at the same time as justification, or forgiveness, but was a distinct thing: the New Birth. Specifically, on the timing of Justification and the New Birth, this is what he wrote: “In order of time, neither of these is before the other; in the

Stay Updated with Our New Facebook Group The Missions Team has launched a private Facebook group to be a place for churches and individuals to share their passion for missions... to find information, get questions answered, share their mission trips, find prayer support, and whatever is needed. Search for Upper Midwest GMC - Missions on Facebook and ask to join! Mission Trip Opportunity Blessman International is offering a mission trip experience from November 12-24, 2026, fo

We usually talk about prayer in the articles, but this month, let's pray together as the prayer team provides the prayers. Please share them in your church so we can all pray together. When we pray, God works! Prayer for Our Conference: Father, You are Holy, sovereign, merciful, patient, loving, and faithful. Thank you for your word. Lord, we lift our Conference leaders. Please grant them your spiritual protection, your wisdom, discernment, encouragement, strength, humility,

On Easter, I shared with the congregation I serve that I have what I jokingly call “pre-parcel anxiety.” It’s not a real diagnosis, but it does mean I find myself checking the front porch often. I listen for delivery trucks and want to be there the moment a package arrives I’ve noticed I do something similar when guests are coming over. I don’t want to miss them. I want to be at the door, ready to welcome them when they arrive. It has made me wonder: how often do we miss wh

Valerie and I are blessed to serve the same church twice. We came to Williston as our first appointment together in the North Dakota Conference. It is the town and church where we started our family in the 1990’s. On Palm Sunday in 1996, my folks came up from Bowman, North Dakota, to worship with us. My mother’s voice is beautiful, and she shared it with our congregation. She sang an old Palm Sunday anthem which built to a crescendo on the words, “Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosannnnna

Last month, we focused on this truth: healthy disciples are everyday missionaries. If you haven’t already, read it here: Link We were reminded that spiritual health is not measured by Sunday attendance, but by whether disciples are being formed to live sent: walking in holiness and making disciples where God is sending and/or has already placed them. This month, we take the next logical step in understanding what it means to be a spiritually healthy, missional people as M