by academyofpreachers | Apr 27, 2010 | Dwight A. Moody, National festivals, News, Young Preachers
The two prime initiatives of the Academy are the preaching camp and the festival of young preachers. We thought we were the only ones out there doing this sort of thing; but maybe not. Long-time friend Mike Diduit of Anderson University in South Carolina is hosting...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 16, 2010 | Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, News, Preaching Camps, Staff Travels, Young Preachers
I have just returned from a road trip that took me to the Lilly Endowment in Indianapolis, Anderson University and School of Theology in Anderson, Indiana, Earlham College and Bethany Seminary in Richmond, Indiana, and United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. It...
by academyofpreachers | Mar 15, 2010 | Academy of Preachers, Awards & Recognitions, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, News, Young Preachers
Perri Costley is a 15-year-old girl in Atlanta, Georgia, and I am sure she had never heard of the Academy of Preachers until last Saturday. That’s when the primary newspaper of America’s sixth largest city published a story about her, and about us! Read it...
by academyofpreachers | Mar 3, 2010 | Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, National festivals, News, Young Preachers
This morning I took the first of what I surmise will be many phone calls. It came from a member of a pastoral search committee in a city within 150 miles of Louisville. “We watched many of the festival sermons you posted on YouTube,” he said. “One...
by academyofpreachers | Mar 1, 2010 | Academy of Preachers, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, Leadership Team, News, Young Preachers
It might be a good time to share some news from our Young Preachers Leadership Team. Two women who rotated off the Team have celebrated major life milestones. Kara Hildebrandt was ordained in December at the First Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky (the...
by academyofpreachers | Feb 24, 2010 | Academy of Preachers, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, Leadership Team, News, Young Preachers
Six young preachers from 6 states have been selected for the Leadership Team. These join 10 remaining from the inaugural Leadership Team to constitute the 2010 Young Preachers Leadership Team. John Jay Alvaro, a student at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina,...
