Download or read book Pastor s 2009 written by T. T. Crabtree and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countless preachers have turned to the Zondervan Pastor's Annual to save them time in sermon and service preparation. This tried-and-true resource makes your demanding job as a pastor a lot easier. It includes: morning and evening services for every Sunday of the year Ï sermon topics and texts fully indexed Ï sermon outlines Ï devotionals and Bible studies for midweek services Ï fresh and applicable Illustrations Ï wedding ceremonies and themes Ï funeral messages and Scriptures Ï basic pastoral ministry helps Ï and much more.
Download or read book Resilience and Success of African American Pastors written by Dr. Terence O. Hayes Sr. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The content of this manuscript is research investigated for the resilience and success of pastors in the Church of God in Christ, a Pentecostal denomination that has over six million members, to include over three-thousand pastors. The research is a phenomenological study designed to provide a narrative, interview of the participants to share their background, role, and day-to-day practices of the work of ministry as a senior pastor in this organization. The research will consist of seven to ten pastors selected from across the country, all African-American males, age groups ranging from 42 years to 72 years of age. The information will be gathered by personal interviews conducted by asking each of them the same questions to gather all the facts and data for this research design. The instrument used will be a recording device that will record all conversations that will be transcribed in writing verbatim. As the human instrument conducting this research, it will constitute travel, lodging, and scheduling of each participant that will give the researcher an intimate up and close contact with each participant. The information will be safeguarded, names will be protected and all information will be useful as a model example of what constitutes success for ministry and the tools and resources needed to maintain a healthy and productive state of mind to be resilient in leading the charge as clergymen in the field of ministry. It is with great joy and a privilege to conduct this interview with pastors serving in the Church of God in Christ.
Download or read book African Feminist Theology and Baptist Pastors Wives in Malawi written by Molly Longwe and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a story of the experiences of being church of the pastors wives within the Baptist Convention of Malawi (BACOMA). Formed in 1970 out of the missionary endeavours of the North American-based Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), BACOMA is a voluntary national association of Baptist churches. Molly Longwes book presents a concise picture of African Feminist Theology and to relates it to the lived experiences of pastors wives in the Baptist Convention of Malawi.
Download or read book Pastors and Public Life written by Corwin E. Smidt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's clergy are not just religious leaders. Their influence extends far beyond church doors. Houses of worship stand at the center of American civic life-one of the few spheres in which relatively diverse individuals gather together regularly. And the moral authority granted to pastors means that they are uniquely positioned to play a role in public debates. Based on data gathered through national surveys of clergy across four mainline Protestant (the Disciples of Christ; the Presbyterian Church, USA; the Reformed Church in America; and the United Methodist Church) and three evangelical Protestant denominations (the Assemblies of God; the Christian Reformed Church; and, the Southern Baptist Convention), Pastors and Public Life examines the changing sociological, theological, and political characteristics of American Protestant clergy over the past twenty-plus years. Smidt focuses on the relationship between clergy and politics-clergy positions on issues of American public policy, norms on what is appropriate for clergy to do politically, as well as the clergy's political cue-giving, their pronouncements on public policy, and political activism-and the impact these changes have on congregations and on American society as a whole. Pastors and Public Life is the first book to systematically examine such changes and continuity over time. It will be invaluable to scholars, students, pastors, and churchgoers.
Download or read book Jesus Death and Heavenly Offering in Hebrews written by R. B. Jamieson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Hebrews' exposition of Jesus' death, his self-offering in heaven at his ascension, and the link between them.
Download or read book Leadership written by Pastor George R. Tynes MTS and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a million books on leadership, so why write another one? There is a need to simplify what Christian leadership is. A Christians call to leadership is a result of a choice that God makes. Christian leaders throughout history have struggled with their call to leadership. However, it is the call that starts the ball rolling. It is futile to run from a God-given call to leadership; therefore, stop running! You will breathe a sigh of relief when you stop running. Next, begin to think about the tremendous role you will play in history. Leadership: Plain and Simple covers the nuts and bolts of Christian leadership. For the seasoned leader, this book is a reminder that the call to leadership is a grace gift. For those that are seeking to be better leaders, this book covers the six Cs of leadership. For pastors and ministry leaders looking to train their leadership team, this book is a wonderful tool to use.
Download or read book The Pastor as Minor Poet written by M. Craig Barnes and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today s pastors often expected to be multitasking marvels who can make their churches "successful" are understandably confused about their role. Craig Barnes contends that the true calling of a pastor is to assist others in becoming fully alive in Christ to be a "minor poet." The pastor absorbs the wisdom of major poets the biblical poets as well as the church s theological poets and distills its essence for parishioners. / The Pastor as Minor Poet calls pastors to continually search for a deeper, truer understanding of what they see both in the text of Scripture and in the text of their parishioners' lives. Discerning the subtexts beneath these texts reveals the core truths that allow pastors to preach the heart of the Word and to understand the hearts of the people to whom they minister. Written with a seasoned pastor s depth of understanding and a poet's sensibility and sensitivity, this book will minister to and inspire pastors everywhere.
Download or read book 21st Century Pastor written by David C. Fisher and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third millennium. It's a time of tremendous opportunity for the church--and tremendous challenge. More than ever, pastors need a model for ministry that can equip them for the rigors of a restless, increasingly secularized culture. In the 21st Century Pastor, David Fisher explores the apostle Paul's concept of ministry to offer a paradigm that is both biblical and relevant. Paul's view is fleshed out with examples from Fisher's own twenty-five years of pastoral experience, presenting a roadmap for today's pastor that is scholarly, practical, dynamic, and inspiring. The 21st Century Pastor first addressees crucial issues of pastoral identity, the significance of geography, time, and ecclesiology. It then explores Paul's metaphors for ministry (jars of clay, farmers and builders, servants and stewards, and others) to reveal an accurate portrait of an effective, biblical pastor--the kind who will speak to the heart of modern culture rather than languish on its fringes. Filling the rare role of a pastor to pastors, Fisher's sage insights help pastors answer their own identity questions, empowering them to minister to a deeply needy society. Says Fisher, "Pastors who know what time it is will, in the name and power of God, create communities of faith where the values of the Gospel are embraced, taught, and lived out."
Download or read book The Worship Pastor written by Zac M. Hicks and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern worship leaders are restless. They have inherited a model of leadership that equates leading worship with being a rock star. But leading worship is more than a performance, it's about shaping souls and making disciples. Every worship leader is really a pastor. The Worship Pastor is a practical and biblical introduction to this essential pastoral role. Filled with engaging, illustrative stories it is organized to address questions of theory and practice, striving to balance conversational accessibility with informed instruction. Part One presents a series of evocative "vignettes"--intriguing and descriptive titles and metaphors of who a Worship Pastor is and what he or she does. It shows the Worship Pastor as Church-Lover, Disciple Maker, Corporate Mystic, and Doxological Philosopher. Part Two covers specific roles related to ministry within the worship service itself--the Worship Pastor as Theological Dietician, Caregiver, Mortician, Emotional Shepherd, War General, Prophetic Guardian, Missional Historian, and Liturgical Architect. Part Three looks at ministry beyond the worship service--the Worship Pastor as Visionary Teacher, Evangelist, Artist Chaplain, and Team Leader. While some worship leaders are eager to embrace their pastoral role, many are lost and confused or lack the resources of time or money to figure out what this role looks like. Pastor Zac Hicks gives us a clear guide to leading worship, one that takes the pastoral call seriously.
Download or read book God Is Still on the Throne written by Pastors Jesse and Shawn Camarillo and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God Is Still On The Throne is based on the spiritual journey of both Pastors Jesse and Shawn Camarillo. During this account, you will witness the development and the testing of this couple's faith. It is their intent to breathe hope into the life of the believer by testifying about the goodness of God. In a day where many find themselves questioning if God is still performing miracles, the Camarillos wish to restore and strengthen the faith of the believer by revealing to them that miracles are still being experienced and that God Is Still On The Throne. Pastors Jesse and Shawn Camarillo have been married for over twenty-four years, have five beautiful children, and have been serving in ministry for over twenty-one years. Due to Pastor Jesse's twenty-six years of military service and constant relocation, Pastors Camarillo served in various capacities within several ministries in the United States and abroad in Germany. Both Jesse and Shawn accepted the calling of Pastor and were ordained on April 5, 2009 to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ. From April 2009 until August 2015, Pastors Camarillo continued to help other ministries develop disciples for the body of Christ. On August 2015, Pastors Camarillo launched out in faith under the direction of the Holy Spirit and established Redeemed Faith Ministries. Their primary mission is to make disciples by teaching them the gospel in its most simplistic form.
Download or read book Accidental Preacher written by Will Willimon and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lively, inspiring memoir of an eminent Christian preacher and leader In this book one of today’s best-known Christian leaders recounts—with his signature wit and humor—memorable moments from his rich and full preaching life. A personal and vocational memoir, Will Willimon’s Accidental Preacher portrays the adventure of a life caught up in the purposes of a God who calls unlikely people to engage in work greater than themselves. Beginning with his childhood in a segregated South and moving through his student years, Willimon gives candid, inspiring, and humorous testimony to his experiences as a seminary professor, rural pastor, globe-trotting preacher, bishop, and popular theologian and writer. Above all, he shows how God has constantly had a call on his life. By turns poignant, hilarious, and thought-provoking—but always irresistibly engaging—Accidental Preacher is sure to join the well-remembered, classic memoir of our time.
Download or read book Good Pastors Bad Pastors written by Dela Quampah and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of Pentecostalism in Ghana has attracted a massive following and generated institutions that have significantly impacted Christian discourse and national life. The movement has produced prominent leaders who have developed exemplary Christian education programs and generated volumes of Christian literature unprecedented in Ghanaian Christianity. Nevertheless, public opinion often upbraids church leaders for unethical conduct. Despite the concern for high moral standards set by Pentecostal church polity and ministerial ethical codes, reports of Pentecostal ministerial misconduct appear regularly in the media. Although congregation members and perceptive public observers appreciate the constructive moral impact of Pentecostal ministers, instances of promiscuity, power abuse, financial misappropriation, and superstition reveal a gap between ethical ideals and practice. As this research reveals, factors behind unethical ministerial conduct include inadequate training, poor accountability, and a general low level of ethical reflection. Good Pastors, Bad Pastors suggests that a multidimensional approach of responsible reportage, emphatic moral education, appropriate but sympathetic response to moral failure, and peer-review accountability could help uphold a higher standard of ministerial ethics.
Download or read book Pastors and Public Life written by Corwin E. Smidt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's clergy are not just religious leaders. Their influence extends far beyond church doors. Houses of worship stand at the center of American civic life-one of the few spheres in which relatively diverse individuals gather together regularly. And the moral authority granted to pastors means that they are uniquely positioned to play a role in public debates. Based on data gathered through national surveys of clergy across four mainline Protestant (the Disciples of Christ; the Presbyterian Church, USA; the Reformed Church in America; and the United Methodist Church) and three evangelical Protestant denominations (the Assemblies of God; the Christian Reformed Church; and, the Southern Baptist Convention), Pastors and Public Life examines the changing sociological, theological, and political characteristics of American Protestant clergy over the past twenty-plus years. Smidt focuses on the relationship between clergy and politics-clergy positions on issues of American public policy, norms on what is appropriate for clergy to do politically, as well as the clergy's political cue-giving, their pronouncements on public policy, and political activism-and the impact these changes have on congregations and on American society as a whole. Pastors and Public Life is the first book to systematically examine such changes and continuity over time. It will be invaluable to scholars, students, pastors, and churchgoers.
Download or read book The Invasion of the Funky Pastors written by Harry N Agina and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I left Nigeria as a boy for the USA in search of the proverbial greener pastures there was Christianity and there was the African Culture in Nigeria, both of which I had grown up in. Christianity fed me with the word of God, while my African Culture made me desirably and proudly different from a white man, an Indian, Mexican, or Asian. That was many years ago in the mid1900s. Today when I visit my little remote African village to enjoy some of the cultural values that I have missed so much while in the western world, my brethren in the village tell me that the culture is no more. Indeed, the entire Christian community of Nigeria seems to be heading towards the notion that the African Culture is suddenly out of fashion. The people's excuse is that they have seen the light in their new wave Christianity. Some traditionalists are not taking the culture-abuse lying down, and with their fire-for-fire response to the Christian zealots, there is truly a war of cultures in Nigeria. I am right in the middle of it, and this is my story. I must prepare my reader's mind for my general hardnosed criticism of Nigerian Commercial Church in this story. I lament that too many Christians are willfully making mischief, and a whole lot of money, all in the name of God. I am a devout Christian, and would never advertently say one bad word against Christianity, or any religion for that matter. My grouse is with the growing number of mischievous (funky) pastors, their zombie-like followers, their gross misinterpretation of the Holy Bible, and the war that they have declared against the African Culture. One might even say that my criticism is venomous, but I call it brutally frank, or frankly brutal.
Download or read book What He Must Be written by Voddie Baucham Jr. and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2009-01-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All parents want their daughters to marry godly young men. But which qualities, specifically, should they be looking for? What will you say when that certain young man sits down in your living room, sweaty-palmed and tongue-tied, and asks your permission to marry your daughter? What criteria should he meet before the two of them join together for life? What He Must Be... If He Wants to Marry My Daughter outlines ten qualities parents should look for in a son-in-law, including trustworthiness, a willingness to lead his family, an understanding of his wife's role, and various spiritual leadership qualities. Author Voddie Baucham follows up on his popular book Family Driven Faith with this compelling apologetic of biblical manhood. By studying the principles outlined in his book, parents who want their daughter to marry a godly man-as well as those who want their sons to become godly men-will be well equipped to help their children look for and develop these God-honoring qualities.
Download or read book Accompany Them with Singing written by Thomas G. Long and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the beliefs, customs, and rituals associated with Christian funerals; discusses the growing acceptance of cremation and memorial services; and explains how to plan a spiritually meaningful funeral service.
Download or read book Frustrated in the Pulpit written by Randy Beale and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apostle Randy L. Beale Sr. was born and reared in Newsom VA. He is the son of the late Roy J. Beale and Mary J. Beale. He married Barbara J. Smith on October 1, 1984. Through this union God has blessed them with two daughters, Terrica (Abram), and Tamara, one son Randy Jr. (Shannon), four grandchildren: Dazja, KeKe, Lil John and Uniyah, and a host of nephews , nieces and spiritual children. Apostle Beale received his education in Southampton County Public School Systems; Roanoke Chowan Community College majoring in Human Services; also further his education at Norfolk Theological Seminary and College, B.A. in Christian Counseling, Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry all with Suma Cum Luade. December 7, 1997, he received Jesus as Lord and Savior under the leadership of the Honorable Overseer Arthur Clark. In June 2001 Apostle birthed New Jerusalem Church of God. Ordained and installed as Pastor in 2001; 2006 consecrated as Bishop; and 2011 consecrated as Apostle. God spoke to Apostle 2009 about birthing a body. It was confirmed by Apostle Beale’s spiritual father and Bishop the Late Honorable Bishop Lloyd Claude. Apostle Beale birthed the body of New Beginning International Fellowship Ministry 2011.
