The Wesleyan Church,also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Wesleyan Holiness Church depending on the region,is a Methodist Christian denomination in the United States,Canada,the United Kingdom,South Africa,Namibia,Sierra Leone,Liberia,Indonesia,and Australia. The church is aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement and has roots in the teachings of John Wesley. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian doctrine and is a member of the World Methodist Council.
Virginia Wesleyan University (VWU) is a private university in Virginia Beach,Virginia. The university is nonsectarian but historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church. It enrolls 1,607 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs,355 students at LUJ/VWU Global (Japan),and 1,403 in VWU Online. Virginia Wesleyan transitioned from a college to a university in 2017.
Wesleyan University-Philippines (WU-P) is a private,sectarian,and non-profit higher education institution run by the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Cabanatuan,Nueva Ecija,Philippines. It was founded in 1946 as the Philippine Wesleyan College. It is named after John Wesley,the founder of Methodism. The university offers preschool,grade school,high school undergraduate,and graduate programs. It also initiated the Support for the Handicapped and their Rehabilitation through Education (SHARE) Program,the first school in Central Luzon to integrate hearing-impaired students into mainstream classes.
Gerald Lee Baliles was a Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician whose career spanned great social and technological changes in his native state. The 65th Governor of Virginia,the native of Patrick County previously served as the Commonwealth's attorney general (1982–85),and represented Richmond and Henrico County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1972-1982). After another stint in private legal practice,with Hunton &Williams (1991-2005),Baliles directed the nonpartisan Miller Center of Public Affairs associated with his alma mater,the University of Virginia (2006-2014).
West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private college in Buckhannon,West Virginia. It has an enrollment of about 900 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. The school was founded in 1890 by the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is currently affiliated with the United Methodist Church. West Virginia Wesleyan College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is a private evangelical Christian university headquartered in Marion,Indiana,and affiliated with the Wesleyan Church. It is the largest private university in Indiana.
Kingswood University is an evangelical Christian University associated with the Wesleyan Church,located in Sussex,New Brunswick,Canada. It is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Association for Biblical Higher Education. It is chartered by the province of New Brunswick and authorized to confer degrees in church-related education. The university is also registered with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada,the Association of Christian Schools International,and the Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC).
Dennis Henry Holtschneider is president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.
Ferrum College is a private college in Ferrum,Virginia. The college was established in 1913 as the Ferrum Training School for primary and secondary education to serve the mountain communities of rural southwest Virginia before becoming Ferrum Junior College between 1940 and 1976. The school was founded by the United Methodist Church and gradually developed from primary to post-secondary education. Today,Ferrum enrolls around 800 undergraduate and graduate students and offers over 54 undergraduate majors and four graduate programs. Ferrum College's 700-acre (280 ha) campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia,near Rocky Mount,Virginia,in Franklin County.
Wesley College is an independent co-educational secondary school for day and boarding students in Ballinteer,Dublin,Ireland. Wesley College is under the control of a Board of Governors,appointed each year by the Methodist Church in Ireland.
Frank Batten was a co-founder of the first nationwide,24-hour cable weather channel,The Weather Channel. His media company,Landmark Media Enterprises,once owned nine daily newspapers,more than 50 weekly newspapers,television stations in Las Vegas and Nashville,and a national chain of classified advertising publications.
Kenneth Lee Carder is a retired American bishop of the United Methodist Church,elected in 1992. Carder distinguished himself as a pastor,a member of Annual Conference and General U.M. agencies,a bishop,seminary professor,and an author.
Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church. She was the second woman elevated to the position of bishop within the United Methodist Church,and the first African American woman.
Scott Jameson Jones is an American bishop of the Global Methodist Church and former bishop of the United Methodist Church,elected in 2004,serving until his retirement and subsequent resignation from the episcopal office and transfer to the GMC in 2023. He was born in Nashville,Tennessee and raised in Illinois,Indiana and Colorado.
Kenneth Cooper Alexander is an American politician currently serving as mayor of Norfolk,Virginia.
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college and "little university" located in Middletown,Connecticut. The now secular and co-ed institution was founded in 1831 as an all-male Methodist college.
The Wesley Wolverines football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Wesley College located in Dover,Delaware. The team last competed in the NCAA Division III and were members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The Wesley football program was founded in 1888,being one of the first teams to play in Delaware. The program did not play from 1890–1892,1911–1925,and 1932–1952. After more than 130 years in existence,Wesley football was discontinued in 2021.
North American Association of Methodist Schools,Colleges and Universities (NAAMSCU) is a private,not-for-profit organization of colleges and universities associated with the United Methodist Church. The UMC has more colleges,universities,theological schools and preparatory schools related to it than any other Protestant denomination,and 119 schools are currently listed as meeting the approved guidelines of the University Senate.
William Thomas Greer Jr. was the third president of Virginia Wesleyan College and was named president emeritus upon his retirement in 2015.
Joy Jittaun Moore is Professor of Biblical Preaching and serves as vice-president for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Luther Seminary in St. Paul,Minnesota.
