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"The question "How shall they hear without preachers?" has never been more pertinent than it is today, when cultures are melding and the world situation fairly screams out for an intelligent, well-presented version of the Christian gospel. Three cheers for Dwight Moody and the Academy of Preachers for taking on the monumental task of helping to shape our future!"
John Killinger, Theologian in Residence
Marble Collegiate Church, New York City, New York
“The Academy of Preachers promises to be a very important new program for supporting and developing young preachers across denominations and traditions. It is a program that is long overdue. We at Vanderbilt Divinity School are pleased to be involved."
Dr. John McClure,
Charles G. Finney Professor of Homiletics, Chair, Graduate Department of Religion
Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, TN
"When pulpits flourish, congregations thrive. When preaching wanes, churches die. Nothing, therefore, has greater impact on the life of the church than the commitment to preaching. The Academy of Preachers can be central to a renaissance of preaching and revival of proclamation. By cultivating and sharpening preachers and encouraging and exalting the act of preaching itself, the academy is poised to shape a generation of Christian ministry. "
Dr. Hershael York,
Pastor, Buck Run Baptist Church, Frankfort, KY and
Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Preaching, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
"One of the Church's sacred tasks is to declare God's good news to each emerging generation, lest the gospel become a relic of the past. By identifying, cultivating, and encouraging the next generation of preachers, the Academy of Preachers will ensure that the ancient story of redemption will be proclaimed in innovative ways now and for generations to come. Whenever we invest in young preachers, we are sure to receive a lasting, and everlasting, return on the investment."
The Reverend Brad R. Braxton,
Senior Minister, The Riverside Church in the City of New York
“Never has the church been more desperate for preachers who can help us discern the presence and leading of the living God. The Academy of Preachers promises to help raise up a generation of preachers who are empowered by the Spirit, steeped in the Bible, captured by moral vision, alive to language and imagination, and possessed of cutting edge theological insight. I am honored to commend this program to high school students, college students, and seminary students as being a real life-force for our time.”
Dr. Ron Allen,
Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Preaching and New Testament
Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN
"In forty years of preaching I have seen time and time again the life-changing effect of preaching the gospel, and I thank God for the privilege of sharing God's Word with others. However, it's regretful that some are losing confidence in traditional preaching and are gravitating to slicker, more high tech and often less substantive presentations. The Academy of Preachers is seeking to restore the value of preaching by motivating young ministers and training them to become effective expositors of God's Word. I applaud their initiative and am confident God is going to bless their efforts."
Rev. Bob Russell,
Bob Russell Ministries, and Pastor (Retired), Southeast Christian Church
Louisville, KY
“The Church has long needed a vehicle that steeps preachers in preaching, mission work, evangelism, theology and Biblical Studies at the beginning of their journey in ministry. Thank goodness the Academy of Preachers has arrived!”
Martha Simmons, President and Publisher
The African American Pulpit, Germantown, TN
“In our message-saturated society, the need is great for fresh power in preaching—for a new generation of young men and women who will catalyze their peers' engagement with the word of God. I don't know of any initiative like this one that is searching out those rising voices of truth. It will be encouraging to see—and to hear—what results.”
Rev. David Thomas, (former) Senior Pastor
Centenary United Methodist Church, Lexington, KY
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