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About Rich Stevenson

Rich is the Executive Director of The Malachi Network (www.malachinetwork.org), a ministry focused on making the name of the LORD great among the nations. This network serves young leaders in missions and church planting. He also serves as Executive Pastor at Wesley Church in Quarryville, PA. And in the summer, you can find him leading Avalon Beach Church in Avalon, NJ. Prior to his present ministry, Rich pastored in Southern New Jersey, planted a church in Wilmore, KY, established a network of churches, served as an adjunct professor at Asbury College. Rich is the author of five books: Secrets of the Spiritual Life—10 Lessons from the One Thing Passages (Baker Books, 2003) A Voice from Home—The Words You Long to Hear from Your Father (WaterBrook Press, 2005) Let’s Dance – A New Way of Relating to Jesus (1elevenmedia, 2017) 40 Days of Easter – Walking with Jesus from the Resurrection to the Ascension (1elevenmedia, 2017) Scattered Sheep – For Those Prone to Wander (1elevenmedia, 2017) He graduated from Asbury College in 1984 with a BA degree in Philosophy of Religion and Asbury Theological Seminary in 1987 with a Master of Divinity degree. In 2010, Rich received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Union Biblical Seminary in Yangon, Myanmar. Rich has been married to Tania since 1982 and they have been blessed by amazing children and grandchildren.

#Faithful or #Faithfail?

Maybe you saw the #hashtag segment with Jimmy Fallon this week on The Tonight Show.  He asked the viewing public to tweet some stories of failed Thanksgivings.  Here’s one:  My mother burned our turkey to a crisp, plopped 2 lbs … Continue reading

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ENCOUNTER – “meet as an adversary”

Is an ENCOUNTER with God adversarial? If you look at the Latin root of the word encounter, you find two parts:  “in” and “contra” (against).  The root meaning is: “meet as an adversary.”

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5 Reasons I Love Billy Graham

Originally posted on richstevenson.org:
On Billy Graham’s 96th birthday, I want to repost one of my favorite blogs. I’m sure I could come up with 50, but I’ve zeroed in on 5 of the biggest reasons that I love…

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Top 10 Things I Hope Missionaries Know

I’m beginning to understand just a little of what if felt like to be Paul. . . “Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches…” 2 Cor. 11:28 Tania and I lead a … Continue reading

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The Dance – Part 7 – The Father Choreographs

The Father Choreographs “Our highest activity must be response, not initiative.” -C.S. Lewis In the previous post, The Dance – Part 4, I wrote that one of the crucial elements in joyful dancing was to be rid of self-consciousness. I … Continue reading

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