by academyofpreachers | May 15, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Last November, the Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis sent us a letter announcing we had received an 18-month grant of $395,000. The grant period began on January 1, 2009 and will end on June 30, 2010; which means that on April 1, 2010, we will submit a proposal for a...
by academyofpreachers | May 13, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
We maintain a list elsewhere on this web site of those institutions, organizations, and denominations that send us an official letter of Partnership. Today we add the name of Lindsey Wilson College as number 16 on that list. College Chaplain Troy Elmore, writing on...
by academyofpreachers | May 11, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
I met with Curtis Woods today in his office at the Baptist Campus Ministry of Kentucky State University. What came of it was a video which I have put up on our Facebook page. I carry my Flip camcorder everywhere I go. When I told Curtis about the Flip, he flipped,...
by academyofpreachers | May 7, 2009 | Blog, Classic Articles, News
I spent $155 at the book store and the one worth the whole amount is a slim paperback written by a Pennsylvania college professor: “Why Johnny Can’t Preach”. In the preface he confesses: “I’ve always feared to state publicly that, in my opinion, less that 30 percent...
by academyofpreachers | May 5, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
We welcome to the Festival of Young Preachers our 16th registrant, Michael Dellig. Hurrah for you, Michael, and we are eager to meet you! Michael’s story begins in Richmond, Indiana. A few weeks ago I traveled there to speak with students and professors at the...
by academyofpreachers | May 4, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Time for another progress check. Dateline: May 4, 2009 Enrollment for the Festival of Young Preachers now stands at 15, and as many as 50 other young preachers are working on registration forms for the Festival next January. Some of these will be complete before...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 30, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Last week my friend Joe Bob Pierce wrote me, “I am taking my son to bass camp.” What in the world is “bass camp”, I asked (thinking it had something to do with fishing). It is a small group of young people gathering on a farm outside Nashville...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 28, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
Ever since I purchased my Flip video camera I have been recording interviews with people (students, professors, preachers, etc) about the Festival of Young Preachers. So far, I have up-loaded onto our Facebook site (Academy of Preachers) videos from Campbellsville...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 21, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
The Travels of Dwight A. Moody: Friday, and back in Owensboro, meeting with Kent Lewis, campus minister at Kentucky Wesleyan College. Largely because of the earlier endorsement by the Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church, Kent pledged the...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 17, 2009 | Classic Articles, News
“Please receive this letter as Bethany Theological Seminary’s endorsement of the Academy of Preachers and an expression of my intention to encourage students and faculty to participate in the Academy.” So wrote Dr. Ruthann Knechel Johansen, President...