by academyofpreachers | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog, Young Preachers
“It’s a weekly call that, while daunting, is a gift.” These are the words David Telfort, AoP ’12, uses to describe his call to the ministry of preaching. Telfort, a graduate of Yale Divinity school and an ordained clergy of the United Church of...
by academyofpreachers | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, Ernest Brooks III
Rev. Ernest Brooks III, AoP President We often hear about the importance of passion IN Preaching, but I’m convinced that passion FOR preaching is absolutely foundational for an effective preaching ministry. Passion as expressed through methods of delivery, word...
by academyofpreachers | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog, Entrepreneurial Ministry, Young Preachers
“I never realized ministerial work could be entrepreneurial,” said Joshua Payne, AoP’17 as he sat in a workshop at the National Festival of Young Preachers. “I always associated the word ‘entrepreneur’ with the drive to make money.” * That is one of the many...
by academyofpreachers | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Preaching Tips
Sally A Brown teaches at Princeton Seminary and Luke A Powery teaches at Duke Divinity, and no doubt they collaborated on this book while Luke was still in residence in Princeton as a scholar and professor. It is a good thing they did for this is a first class...
by academyofpreachers | May 5, 2016 | Academy of Preachers, Blog
Dr. Danny West Professor of Preaching Gardner-Webb University One of the greatest discoveries in the mystery of preaching is the inherent life form we discover in the Bible. It never fails. Just when we think we have seen it all, the text “sneaks” up on us...
by academyofpreachers | Jan 13, 2016 | Blog, Dwight A. Moody
Preaching: What a Quaint Idea! Dwight A. Moody, President, Academy of Preachers PREACHAPALOOZA Sermon, January 4, 2016 We launch this series of public addresses on the theme, SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PREACHING. Like an underground river it runs unseen beneath all that...
