by academyofpreachers | Jan 13, 2016 | Blog, Dwight A. Moody
Preaching: What a Quaint Idea! Dwight A. Moody, President, Academy of Preachers PREACHAPALOOZA Sermon, January 4, 2016 We launch this series of public addresses on the theme, SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PREACHING. Like an underground river it runs unseen beneath all that...
by academyofpreachers | Oct 9, 2015 | Dwight A. Moody
Randy Scroggins was the preacher last Sunday morning when 100 people gathered at the New Beginnings Church of God. Sitting on the front row was his daughter, Lacey, who had just survived the mass shooting at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon....
by academyofpreachers | Sep 12, 2015 | Classic Articles, Uncategorized
Over the past two weeks, I have visited four schools to speak about preaching–actually five, if we include both the undergraduate university and the seminary in Cincinnati! Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky is affiliated with the United Methodist...
by academyofpreachers | Aug 12, 2015 | Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody
Dwight A. Moody Seven years ago I started the Academy of Preachers because young ministerial students did not believe that the preaching/teaching/leading/praying/listening/organizing work of the Christian minister was a socially significant vocation. They wanted to...
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 21, 2015 | Classic Articles, Uncategorized
Wednesday, June 24, witnessed the second of four national Festivals of Young Preachers sponsored by four difference denominations or traditions. This one by the North American Christian Convention, which includes Churches of Christ and Independent Christian Churches....
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)...
