by academyofpreachers | Jun 22, 2015 | AoP Day, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody
It all started seven years ago, June 23, 2008. I was unemployed, 58 years old, and a Baptist preacher. Those are not the cards you want to hold in your hand. “How are things at Georgetown College,” he asked; and I responded, “I am not there any...
by academyofpreachers | Jun 9, 2015 | Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody
Dwight A. Moody Festivals for Young Preachers are springing up all over the country this summer, and they are hosted by national denominational gatherings. The first is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. At their General Assembly in Dallas (June17-20), 16 Young...
by academyofpreachers | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody
Dwight A. Moody I have been to many ordinations in my day, including my own back in 1977 at the First Baptist Church of Murray. I have participated in some, led some, and observed some. But none like the one I attended last Saturday, with my back up against the...
by academyofpreachers | May 13, 2015 | Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, Tyler Best
Dwight A. Moody “Every regional and national denominational gathering,” I have said from the very first, “needs to have attached to it a festival for young preachers.” Why? because these denominational gatherings are too often a collection of...
by academyofpreachers | May 7, 2015 | Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody
I went to Rome last month (April 2015) and saw the Pope. No, it was not a papal audience, as they call it, but with at least 50,000 of my closest friends I stood in Vatican Square and listened as Francis delivered his weekly homily. It was all in Italian (I presume)...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 30, 2015 | Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody
Five Young Preachers ranging in age from 13 to 34 proclaimed the gospel last Saturday during the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship’s Spring Gathering in Danville, KY. The Lexington Ave. Baptist Church Chapel provided the perfect setting for preaching, pointers and a...
