by academyofpreachers | May 15, 2010 | Academy of Preachers, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, Fundraising, News
I wrote Coach John Calapari two weeks ago and asked him to make a donation to the Academy of Preachers–well, not exactly to the Academy but to his archbishop, the Reverend Joseph Kurtz of Louisville. Rev. Kurtz is hosting four events of next year’s...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 7, 2010 | Academy of Preachers, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, Founding Partners, Fundraising, News
The Academy of Preachers is launching its first coordinated appeal to donors: help us raise $50,000 this spring. Yes, the Academy has received a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment, but that grant does not cover the preaching camps this spring, the festival of...
by academyofpreachers | Apr 3, 2010 | Academy of Preachers, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, Founding Partners, Fundraising, News
Four new institutional partners sent letters of endorsement in the last two week of March. This enabled the Academy to reach one of its goals for the first 15 months of our work: 50 Founding Partners. The first came as a result of a phone call from California. Shantha...
by academyofpreachers | Mar 17, 2010 | Academy of Preachers, Classic Articles, Dwight A. Moody, Founding Partners, National festivals, News
The Archdiocese of Louisville becomes the first Roman Catholic institution or organization to become a Founding Partner with the Academy of Preachers. This further solidifies the Academy as one of the most ecumenical initiatives in American Christianity today....
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 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...