Pastor Ken Richards Response To Crisis

In regard to sermon design, Eswine offered several new ideas and concepts. First, he suggested that preachers ask, “Could I now reach who I once was?”. Normally preachers observer their listeners; however, this question causes preachers to exegete themselves, motivating them to recall their journey along the path of sanctification. “Remembering where we’d be without God and then ministering to others out of that knowledge” promotes empathy with listeners (11). As a result, preachers are able to construct sermons tailored to meet the needs of their listeners since they can relate to their struggles and situations as well as their questions and concerns.

The compassion shown by the Pastors and leaders helps people's faith walk become "a mile deep" while walking in Christ and engaging in the community. Individuals who remain active in the church, are the ones discovering their gifts and using their talents for the glory of God and to build the kingdom of God up. Also, the church must take ownership of their faith and grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ to the point where they are willing and ready to reinvest their faith into the life of another person. One of the ways to succeed in doing this is by putting together

Pastor Terry Hornbuckle dropped the baton and a congregation of sheep was left to fend for themselves. Rev. Renee Hornbuckle became the pastor of the remaining members of the congregation, but the

James Myers is the pastor at the East Campus of Biltmore Baptist Church. Myers has been employed with BBC for the past 4 years and has a Master’s Degree in Christian Education. He and his wife, Michelle, live in Asheville with their 2 children, Noah and Cole, and are expecting their third child, a girl, due in August. Myers says he is very lucky to be a part of this church because they have an extensive network of employees, including a group of licensed therapists located in the Hope Network.

7. What do I want my audience to think, do, feel, or believe after reading my message?

Galindo analyzes that the fundamental “mission” of a congregation is the same as any other congregation that exists in any part of the world. He argues that though every congregation has a mission and a vision, at the same time, it shares a basic common mission. (43) This reminds me of my home church The First Church of Evanston and my Field Site, The Evanston Vineyard Church. Both churches have a common mission of welcoming people to the church, irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, racial, and economic and, gender backgrounds. The mission is to help people be received in the house of God with due and deserved Christian love so that they feel loved and welcomed. Both these churches encourage church attendees to attend the service and receive the Eucharist.

• According to Dr. Wheeler, evangelism is lived out through ________________. (Be able to fill in the blank.)

Insist that they meet you at Christianity's primal roots. Be impartial, yet partisan for Christ. Show favoritism only to children, outcasts, and the needy. Be faithful to Christ's Spirit. Meet people where they are. Then, graciously accept the accusation that you are not meeting people where they are. Challenge the bishop to defend his own ministry. Offer friendly support. Do not nag. State your position firmly and clearly. Do not trade away right worship to keep long-time parishioners in the community. Prepare to have wealthy parishioners leave. Never ask laity embarrassing questions that reveal their ignorance. Do not use your university training to play devils advocate with, or to befuddle and confuse, your detractors' best arguments or they will write you off as

The church members seemed to have good intentions by having this revival at the church. They even

In reading Richard Lischer’s book I find many examples of pastors, who came to a new church assignment fresh out of graduate school. To a place where they didn’t know anyone which is to be expected. What was good pastoral behavior, they were trying one to make a good impression, not coming in with a chip on their shoulder or trying to come across like it was dictated. Just as a foot note I have seen this today so, many times in my own denomination, so the fact that they came in trying to establish their willingness to get along is excellent pastoral art. It also appeared that a few of them were not impressed with the churches they were called to, and the parsonage that they were given to live in, I think that it was excellent pastoring to not

Thank you for providing breakfast for the teachers and staff on Employee Planning Day (Friday, October 28th). AP, Nichols and her team cannot express in words our admiration and gratitude. Your compassion and generosity will never be forgotten.

c. How should your recommendation be implemented? What implementation challenges do you foresee? How would you address those challenges?

I really enjoyed executing this interview. It was a privilege to be able to include my interviewee in my assignment, as he has been supporting my decision to further my education and proceed with my calling through Christ. Bill Kidd has been an associate pastor for over 7 years at Bethel Baptist Church. Pastor Kidd was in school at the same time as myself and we always were able to connect and relate to each other whenever we got together at meetings or other gatherings. I look up to and respect his achievement in ministry and I am looking forward to learning from him as I pursue my role in ministry.

Far too often, in this emerging new culture, we want to treat God as friend, and not as creator and sustainer. Humans are flawed fleshly beings, therefore whenever in the true presence of God a transformation from old to new should occur. We should feel so convicted about our transgressions until we have an earnest desire to change. The flesh dies and slowly loses control of our lives, leaving the Holy Spirit to freely dwell. Ironically enough the next topic he mentioned was praise. He talked about a song which was sung by the choir “Praise is what we do” and he couldn’t understand the relevance behind these words. Once again, I slowly raised my hand and injected that praise is what we do, worship transcends beyond these parameters as an act of honoring and revering God. Worship is the entire church experience. Before I could elaborate further, he quickly indicated it was time to close out and we didn’t have time for further discussion. This Sunday School experience demonstrated the necessity for us to educate those persons who uphold leadership positions in the Church. If the Sunday school teacher had simply taken the time to research the answers to his questions, he would have been properly equipped to lead the discussion. It saddened me to realize that in essence it was the blind leading the blind. In a situation such as this, it is imperative that

Even before I started to engage in this book, my first thought was why do I need to read this in the first place? In fact, after 35 years in the same Church I have been a Sunday-School Teacher, an Elder, a Deacon, a Board member, a Worship Leader, and held many other leadership roles within my Church. What could I possibly learn that I didn’t already know? After all, I believe I had handled things well, but just after the first story I realized there were going to be many more things I needed to learn. Within the first few pages I realized this was going to be a book I needed to read. Further, I need to hear these stories of how to handle different kinds of situations as they surface.