by academyofpreachers | Feb 1, 2017 | Academy of Preachers
The AoP Board of Trustees, in their January meeting, launched the Inspire ’17 Campaign, setting a goal of raising $90,000 over the next five months. “We have been so inspired by the preaching and growth of the Young Preachers since the inception of the...
by academyofpreachers | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog, Entrepreneurial Ministry, Young Preachers
“I never realized ministerial work could be entrepreneurial,” said Joshua Payne, AoP’17 as he sat in a workshop at the National Festival of Young Preachers. “I always associated the word ‘entrepreneur’ with the drive to make money.” * That is one of the many...
by academyofpreachers | Jan 20, 2017 | National festivals
“Christianity is about following the Way. I want to talk about that Way and the dream that can lead us there.” So said Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, as he preached the closing session of the 2017 National Festival of Young Preachers, an...
by academyofpreachers | Dec 26, 2016 | Dwight A. Moody, Sermons
Where is Jesus? Luke 2: 25-52 A Sermon by Dr. Dwight A. Moody Every day 2300 people are reported missing! Yes, you heard right: 2,300 are reported missing every day. Some are displaced by hurricanes and others are abducted by a distraught parent. An old man,...
by academyofpreachers | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Preaching Tips
Sally A Brown teaches at Princeton Seminary and Luke A Powery teaches at Duke Divinity, and no doubt they collaborated on this book while Luke was still in residence in Princeton as a scholar and professor. It is a good thing they did for this is a first class...
by academyofpreachers | May 5, 2016 | Academy of Preachers, Blog
Dr. Danny West Professor of Preaching Gardner-Webb University One of the greatest discoveries in the mystery of preaching is the inherent life form we discover in the Bible. It never fails. Just when we think we have seen it all, the text “sneaks” up on us...
by academyofpreachers | May 4, 2016 | Academy of Preachers, AoP Festivals
An original sermon written by Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) senior Salvador Avila was featured in Dr. Dwight A. Moody’s new book (2015) entitled, “Nine Marks of a Good Sermon.” The book reveals the nine qualities of a good sermon:...
by academyofpreachers | May 3, 2016 | Academy of Preachers, Endorsements
The Church Without Walls in Houston, Texas, is the latest to join the Academy of Preachers as an iPartner. This brings the number of iPartners to 33, and there is room for many other congregations, institutions, and religious organizations. The Academy of Preachers is...
by academyofpreachers | May 3, 2016 | National festivals
Highlights from Festival of Young Preachers It was the seventh annual National Festival of Young Preachers, but the first time representatives from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary attended. “It was unlike anything I expected. It was a truly ‘trans-denominational gathering,’...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 29, 2016 | AoP Festivals
Embassy Suites of Lexington, on Newtown Pike, will be the site of the 2017 National Festival of Young Preachers. “This is a newer property,” explains AoP Executive Director Wyndee Holbrook, “and is perfect for our event: lots of open space,...
