The Restorative Life in Preaching Circles – Jessica James Alston

by academyofpreachers | Oct 24, 2018 | News, News Article

In January 2012, I stepped off the plane, walked through the terminal, out to the curbside waiting area for the hotel shuttle. Kentucky’s winter wind blew harder than I had ever experienced at the time. I can still remember how the snowflakes fell like soft petals of...

Southeast Festival Experience – Richard Hughes

by academyofpreachers | Oct 24, 2018 | News, News Article, Uncategorized

One word comes to mind when I reflect on the experience of the Southeast Regional Festival of Young Preachers held at Wake Forest University School of Divinity: harmony. At its best, harmony is experienced when there are diverse gifts and traditions operating in their...

Max Wilkins, TMS Global President, To Be Plenary Preacher at 2019 National Festival

by academyofpreachers | Oct 11, 2018 | National festivals, News, News Article

Max Wilkins, President of TMS Global, will be a Plenary Preacher at the 2019 National Festival of Young Preachers in Atlanta, Georgia. Before serving at TMS Global, he spent 26 years in pastoral ministry in churches in Florida and Hawaii. Register Now for the 2019...

You’re Not Alone: My Festival Story – Tyler Best, AoP ’12

by academyofpreachers | Oct 5, 2018 | Blog, My AoP Story, News, News Article, Tyler Best

Anxious. Elated. Hesitant. Eager. Preaching can be a wild mix of conflicting emotions as one prepares and delivers a sermon. My sophomore-in-college-self was rarely the timid, reserved person I remember being at my first National Festival of Young Preachers in 2012....

Conversational Preaching Practices – 2018 Master Class with Mike Jackson

by academyofpreachers | Sep 27, 2018 | Academy of Preachers, News, News Article

Do you ever think that preaching needs to feel more like a conversation? Dr. Mike Jackson thinks so too. Register here for the 2019 National Festival of Young Preachers! Dr. Jackson was a Master Class leader at the 2018 National Festival of Young Preachers, where he...

My Festival Story – AoP President Ernest Brooks

by academyofpreachers | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog, Ernest Brooks III, My AoP Story, News, News Article

Over 1,000 Young Preachers have attended the National Festival of Young Preachers since the first Festival in 2010. Over 1,000 students, ministers, and others inspired to preach could tell you their story of how they came to their first Festival. For some, it was...