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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 3

 Dancing and the Bible “God is dead.”  –  Friedrich Nietzsche Those three simple words became a movement under German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche.  He once wrote in a letter to a friend: “If these Christians want me to believe in their god, … Continue reading

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The Dance – Part 2

I believe that Jesus still speaks.  What He says today does not come with the same authority as the Holy words in the Bible.  But He is alive right now and He’s not disengaged or disinterested. 

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It Costs Him for Me to Suffer

One of my deepest convictions is that the Church of the 21st century needs to further develop their theology of suffering.  We have focused so much on a “me” centered gospel that it has left us completely unprepared for the … Continue reading

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The Dance – Part 1

I grew up in a pretty conservative home.  We didn’t drink, smoke or dance.  Well, we almost never danced. . . There were a couple of occasions when my Dad, who was a pastor, pulled the blinds in our house … Continue reading

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3 Steps toward Healing

It’s so simple. . . If we prayed for more people to be healed, more people would be healed. I really believe that.  I don’t understand everything about healing, but I like what an old preacher once said:  “I don’t … Continue reading

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