by academyofpreachers | Jul 16, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Chalice Press of St. Lewis has become a Founding Partner with the Academy of Preachers. This is good news, not simply because it helps us toward our first year goal of 50 Partners–we now have 24–but because it connects us with a ministry that will help us...
by academyofpreachers | Jul 15, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Here is a strange and wonderful story. As I was walking out of St. Matthews Baptist Church on Tuesday, I met Dr. Wade Rowatt coming in. Dr. Rowatt is a well-known professor and therapist. For years he was on the faculty of Southern Baptist Seminary and later, Director...
by academyofpreachers | Jul 13, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Brenda Bostic of Lexington, Kentucky, has become the 300th Facebook FAN of the Academy of Preachers. This is yet another milestone in telling our story and expanding our base. Brenda is a member of Rosemont Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky. I had the privilege of...
by academyofpreachers | Jul 10, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
1. How many times will the Young Preachers preach at the Festival? Only once. In October, after all the registrations are in, each young preacher will be assigned to a team of 12 or 13 young preachers. You will receive a packet of information that lists all the...
by academyofpreachers | Jul 6, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Today’s mail brought the registration of Joshua Johannes. He is a student at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri and a member of Sardis General Baptist Church in Forsyth, Missouri. Joshua is registrant number 25 and we welcome him to the Festival!...
by academyofpreachers | Jul 1, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
The Academy of Preachers made its first (unofficial) report to the Lilly Endowment. The letter and accompanying materials were dated June 23, 2009, exactly one year after the day the Endowment invited me (Dwight A. Moody) to design and launch the Academy. It has been...
by academyofpreachers | Jun 25, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
When I began organizing the Academy of Preachers (and recruiting young preachers for the Leadership Team), I discovered that email is, like, yesterday, and the new medium is Facebook. That, of course, was a year ago and now Twitter is all the rage–but I have...
by academyofpreachers | Jun 22, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Today is Monday, June 22, and when I opened the Lexington Herald Leader I found two articles of great interest to the Academy of Preachers. First, the back page of the front section carries a full-page ad promoting the 2009 Inaugural Student Congress, sponsored by the...
by academyofpreachers | Jun 18, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Today we received a wonderfully strong letter of endorsement and partnership from Christian Theological Seminary of Indianapolis. It was signed by President Edward Wheeler and Dean Carolyn Higginbotham. That brings the number to 19 (with our goal being 50 by April 1,...
by academyofpreachers | Jun 12, 2009 | Blog, Classic Articles, News
A week ago today we finished our first Preaching Camp and it has been the topic of conversation for seven solid days. Everybody wants to know: How did things go? Wasn’t the diversity a problem? How did you handle young preachers who are so different in style and...
