TEACHING PASTORS FORUM of CENTRAL Wisconsin (2)

FORUM #2 – May 9, 2019 @ New Hope Missionary Baptist Church On Thursday, May 9 at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee, several Baptist Pastors from around the Milwaukee area gathered to hear Rev. Dr. Demetrius Williams – pastor of Community Baptist Church of Greater Milwaukee and professor at UWM and CENTRAL Wisconsin […]

TEACHING PASTORS FORUM of CENTRAL Wisconsin (1)

FORUM #1 – March 9, 2019 at ABC/WI Region Offices   On Wednesday, March 9, Ministers and Pastors from across the region gathered in the larger classroom of CENTRAL Wisconsin, located in the lower level of the ABC/Wisconsin region offices.   The gathering was for the first of four planned “Teaching Pastors Forums” for 2019, hosted […]

Maundy Thursday Foot Washing

Blessed (filthy) Feet On April 18, 2019, my eyes and ears (and feet) were blessed at Underwood Memorial Baptist Church in Wauwatosa for a Maundy Thursday foot washing service. Underwood partnered with ZAO Milwaukee – a United Methodist Church plant describing itself as “Jesus rooted + justice centered + radically inclusive” – and the First […]

Annual Gathering 2018 – Collaboration Learnings

    Check out the list of contributions – Learnings/Gleanings – from the Second Plenary Session of the 2018 Annual Gathering – facilitated by Rev. Dr. Trinette McCray Click the link below to look over the contributions from the tables at our Worshipful Work session on Saturday, October 13: What?    So, what?     […]

AG2018 Friday Pre-event – Mission Partner Exposure Tour

Ministry Partner Exposure Tour Vans depart from Pilgrim Rest Parking Lot at 1:00 PM Expected return time to Pilgrim Rest between 5-5:30 PM Join in on this exposure tour to Milwaukee-based ministry partners Housing Ministries, Milwaukee Christian Center, and Project Focal Point. Learn about the ministries and how they are impacting their communities and explore […]

CONVOCATION & COOKOUT – Saturday, September 15

CONVOCATION & COOKOUT         Saturday, September 15 – 11am to 2(ish) Hoyt Park Area #1 (map) – 1800 Swan Blvd., Wauwatosa Please park in main parking lot beside Area #1 and playground. For all Students, Alumni, Faculty, Ministers Council Members & Families Brats, Burgers, Hot Dogs & Buns Provided RSVP by September […]

CENTRAL Wisconsin encourages reflection and scholarship

“CENTRAL Wisconsin is committed to the education and development of men and women called by God to be leaders for the church of Jesus Christ who are:  theologically articulate;  biblically knowledgeable;  spiritually healthy;  humanly sensitive;  professionally competent; and who respond to the Holy Spirit in the ministries of reconciling, proclaiming, and teaching throughout the world.” […]

Ninth Annual COMMISSIONING Service – CENTRAL Wisconsin

Come celebrate the achievements of our graduates, Amos Green and Reginald Ivy (M.Div.) and Lalpek Lian (D.Min.). May 13, 4pm at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Professor of Preaching, Eleanor Cardenas will be giving the message and charge as we commission our graduates. 2018 GradInvitation_promo    

Valentine’s Day

  I have a confession: deep down, I’m a romantic. Whether from nature or nurture, genetic predisposition or environmental factors, I have always been a romantic, longing for (some notion of) love. And, frankly, I’m a little embarrassed to acknowledge that fact. But it is indeed true. And I’m embarrassed primarily because of the many […]

BELIEVE

As the father of 2 daughters, ages 3 and 6, I had the good fortune this Christmas season to watch several Christmas movies. Most Christmas movies targeted at that young audience somehow, in some way contemplate the question of “belief” in Santa Claus, whether it is The Polar Express, Miracle on 34th St., or even […]