[ISBN:0849910927] Recently, I felt that as a pastor I needed a refresher on what pastoral ministry is all about. I found Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry by John MacArthur, Jr. and the Master’s Seminary Faculty to be a challenging and encouraging read on God’s call to ministry. Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry reads much like a manual on pastoral […]
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During the Strategic Planning session of General Convention this year, a restructuring of the COGH regions was presented to delegates. This information has been used to create a \”Regions\” page on this site. If you have any further information concerning your regional structure (officers, etc), meeting dates, news, etc., please let me know so that
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Last Monday, the 2010 General Convention of the Churches of God (Holiness) was convened. After the election and financial reports of the various boards and committees was completed in the morning session (see our updated \”Boards and Committees\” page), delegates spent the afternoon in Strategic Planning. Delegates first heard a report from Mark McCalmon concerning
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It\’s summer time and the next week or so will be filled with activities in Overland Park, KS, as congregants of various Churches of God (Holiness) gather to worship together at General Camp (June 1- 6) and then convene the General Convention (June 7). Already, the campus 0f Kansas City College and Bible School has
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During my ministry internship in college, Pastor Ernie Mullins encouraged me to read one book a month. I have to admit that I have not always done that even though I do read a number of articles, etc. Recently, I have been developing some personal goals in regards to growing as a Christian leader. One
On April 17 El Dorado Springs Church of God (Holiness) will host a ministry seminar on the theme \”Our Church… Are We Thriving or Surviving?\” Workshop themes will include: Keynote address Thriving as a Great Commandment Church Thriving through our Sunday Morning Worship Thriving through our Small Groups Thriving as a Leader Thriving With Our
[openbook booknumber=\”/b/OL9610061M\” templatenumber=\”1\”] Occasionally, I have been asked what commentaries I use when preparing for a sermon. There are several that are my favorites, but in this post I will focus on a set that has quickly become one of my favorites.
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In The Four Steps of Sermon Preparation I discuss Kenton C. Anderson\’s method of sermon development which considers the tension of the authority of God\’s Word as well as the apprehension of the listeners. In my application of this method, I have typically spent some amount of time trying to dig up the cultural and
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BuildingChurchLeaders.com shares 56 ideas for youth group fundraisers. Check it out –Brainstorming Youth Group Fundraisers!
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4 Why is it that people who can be so incredibly intelligent, talented, and so perceptive concerning some aspects of life can be so incredibly blind to spiritual truth? It doesn’t seem to make sense, does it? For example, you would think that a scientist who could make all sorts of great scientific
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