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Leadership In The Church

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Subject: Re: Nigel"s "etymology" and Troy's "priest" Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 10:45:00 GMT From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Reply-To: Organization: iiNet Limited Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian ——————————————————– (Andrew Bromage) wrote: >I dunno if this is helpful or not, but I should note here that these >words are almost certainly being used as jargon terms in most places […]

Review: W.M.Macgregor, The Making Of A Preacher, S.C.M.Press, 1945.

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For many people, ‘boring’ and ‘sermonic’ are synonymous. Who was the writer who noted that eighteenth century sermons could be put into three categories – dull, duller, and inconceivably dull? Bagehot suggested that ‘if we are to be dull, let us be dull in silence.’ Here is a book about and by a preacher who […]

Tentmaking Ministries In The ’90s

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By Linda Lawson GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–If present trends continue, bivocational Southern Baptist pastors will outnumber full-time pastors within 10 years. Or, to use a biblical term, tentmaking is strongest in areas such as major cities outside the Bible Belt where Southern Baptists are weakest, said Carl Barrington, national missionary for tentmaking ministries for the Southern […]

Reform In Theological Education

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‘Reform in theological education’ urged by BWA general secretary By Wendy Ryan PRAGUE, Czech Republic (BP)–"People who go to seminary need to do so because of definite call of God on their lives, and theological professors must teach out of a living daily reality of Jesus Christ in their lives," said Denton Lotz, general secretary […]

A Good Writer Also Edits, Workshop Leader Says

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By Tony Imms NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Every good writer must also be an editor, said the leader of a session on creative writing held during the LifeWay Writers Workshop, Aug. 2-5, at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, Tenn. Matt Tullos, multimedia designer in the children’s Sunday school ministry department at LifeWay, said, "There are two people […]

Is This Ekklesia Your Church?

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Subject: Re: Re. Troy’s ekklesia Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:37:24 GMT From: (Troy Harris) Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian References: <37b34e6a.16120> On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:49:25 GMT,(Graeme) wrote: >Ken Smith: >>The riotous mob at Ephesus was referred to as an “ekklesia” in Acts >>19:41 > >>I have found that […]

Technology And The Church

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New technology puts training into multiple sites in Florida By Kristi Hodge JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)–Ever wanted to be in three places at one time? Through the Florida Baptist Convention’s first use of Interactive Compressed Television (ICTV), Bill Carmichael and Gary Nichols were able to do just that. >From the Baptist Building in Jacksonville, the two […]

‘Bible Storying’

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By Cory J. Hailey FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–From scrolls to CD-ROMs, God’s Word has been communicated through the centuries in a variety of ways. But a method that preceded them all is being taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to help students more effectively communicate the gospel cross-culturally. Chronological Bible storying is a technique that […]

Church Planting

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Week’s emphasis urges ministers to consider church-planting careers By Joe David Smith NEW ORLEANS (BP)–“There are few things in our life that are worth our life. The one thing that is worth our life is the kingdom of God,” said a veteran church planter. Scott Weatherford, pastor of Parkway Baptist Church, Victoria, Texas, challenged students […]

Counselling: The Power Of One

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Samuel John, New York We have a tendency to emphasize size and numbers; assuming that ministering to an individual is considered somehow less of a ministry than preaching to a capacity crowd under the glare of video cameras. We forget that a society or community is no more worthy than the individuals constituting it. An […]

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