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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.

The Dance – Part 6

                Dancing with Blisters “In life as in the dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.” – Alice Abrams There have been few things in my life I was as committed to as learning … Continue reading

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The Dance — Part 5

The dance is most joyful when there is chemistry between the partners.  Chemistry is as hard to define as color or music.  It seems that dance partners either have it or they don’t.  I’m pretty sure that it doesn’t come … Continue reading

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The Dance – Part 4

Dancing with Joy “Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music.” – William Stafford It’s one of my favorite memories and we have it recorded on video.  Zachary, our firstborn, was three.  Colby’s Missing Memory had … Continue reading

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Last Century Missionary

There are 7,000 people groups on the earth who have never heard the sweetest name we know.  Who will go and tell them about the unsearchable riches in Christ Jesus? The Malachi Network exists to:  “Make the name of the … Continue reading

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Missing the Mark?

Maybe our definition of sin needs some work. . . Most of us have defined sin as “missing the mark.”  That is a pretty good rendering of the Greek word for sin.  But does missing the mark really seem so … Continue reading

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