Get to know Bill Gibson
Welcome Bill Gibson, PNW's Director of Strategic Faith Community Development!
Bill Gibson is a cultural analyst, semiotician, and theological entrepreneur, working as the Director of...
Off to a Creative, New Start!
By Rev. Dr. William D. Gibson | Director of Strategic Faith Community Development
In a 2015 report, Professor James Wellman of the University of Washington, noted...
Pacific Northwest Religion: Doing It Different, Doing It Alone
Patricia O’Connell Killen is the primary editor of the book Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest. Professor Killen has worked regularly with Northwest pastors,...
Eradicate Boring Worship Experiences!
By the Rev. Curtis Brown | Director of Faith Community Development
I confess that I'm sometimes bored during worship, even when I'm a worship leader. My...
Multiplying Ministries Pilot Program Launches
The Revs. William Gibson, Brad Beeman, Bishop Elaine Stanovsky, the Revs. DJ del Rosario and Molly Fraser were some of the clergy in attendance for...
Good Seed: The Joys and Challenges of Planting a Church
Good Seed Church celebrates its sixth year of ministry, continuing to bring hope to a community that is seeking healing and restoration.
How has this...
Skyway UMC: Making the Grade
Selena gets some help with homework, listening to instructions from Kasandra Baber, director of Skyway UMC’s tutoring program. For more photos, click here.
Skyway UMC:
Making...
New Church Plants Total 684 in Last Quadrennium, Surpassing Goal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 21, 2013 /GBOD/ – Church planters established 684 new United Methodist Churches in the United States during 2008-2012, surpassing the denomination’s...
Orting celebrates the successful opening of Recovery Cafe
By Patrick Scriven
Hit hard by the opioid crisis, the city of Orting was looking for answers. The Rev. Dennis Paschke and Orting United Methodist...
