by Bill Kierce | Sep 7, 2023 | Ministry Matters, News and Updates
By Bill Kierce During the past month I have been reading and reflecting upon Darius Salter’s The Demise of the American Holiness Movement: A Historical, Theological, Biblical and Social Exploration, published in 2019. It’s not a very encouraging title, is it? Dr.... 
by Josh Hallahan | Sep 7, 2023 | Events, Hemlock Inn Retreats, Ministry Matters, News and Updates
By Josh Hallahan Gathering for fellowship, worship, and preaching the Word are hallmarks of the Christian faith and our Wesleyan heritage. For 39 years, FAS has been gathering at The Hemlock Inn for our annual renewal retreat. Oh, the stories that could be told of... 
by Lane Loman | Jul 31, 2023 | Ministry Matters, News and Updates
In early August 1801 as many as 20,000 to 30,000 people gathered at Cane Ridge Meeting House in Bourbon County, Kentucky, for a revival that became the defining event of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Western Great Revival period.((Source:... 
by Bill Kierce | Jul 31, 2023 | About Us, News and Updates
We’ve all heard about the “summer slowdown.” That’s the time when ministries and non-profit organizations may slow their pace for vacations or even the malaise that comes with seasonal heat and humidity. At the Francis Asbury Society, we believe in biblical rest. The... 
by Bill Kierce | Jul 6, 2023 | Books, Ministry Matters, News and Updates
Anyone who had more than a surface relationship with Dr. Dennis Kinlaw knows that one of his favorite questions was, “What are you reading?” It is no wonder that the library at Asbury University bears his name. l can remember preparing my response to Dr. Kinlaw’s... 
by Jerry Coleman | Jul 6, 2023 | Empower the Nations, Events, Ministry Matters, News and Updates
After two hours of sitting on the plane waiting to begin our 17-hour flight to Addis Ababa, we still hadn’t moved from our gate in Atlanta. It was going to be more than 19 hours before we got off the plane. I prayed that the Lord would give us his Spirit for the...