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,...
