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INTRODUCTION Hillcrest Baptist Church is a body of believers located in a small mid-west city that has experienced double-digit growth for the past nine years. Over the course of the last forty-two years, God has allowed only three senior pastors to serve. The longevity of the pastorates contributes to the strong lay leadership and positive community reputation. On the surface, Hillcrest appears very healthy. A survey of the average congregants would record this overall disposition. Numerical growth

I was raised in a Christian home, and all I ever knew growing up was Church. I am thankful that God kept me from a lot of stuff that kids my age fell into. That being said, I was still in need of a Savior. Growing up in Church I knew about Christ, but didn’t know Him. I knew the Bible stories, but not the God of those amazing accounts. I was at a youth New Year’s Eve lock-in at my home Church, and we were having fun playing games and eating. The youth leader called us all together to “pray

In this paper, the writer will reveal the differences, challenges and opportunity of megachurch ministry and what a small church can learn from the megachurch. The writer will also disclose information about a megachurch she watches on television. The size of the church should not matter how a leader approaches the congregation. Matthews 18:20 says, "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst." If any believers get together to worship or commune with each

The late pastor of my Church used to always tell the following story. So I heard about an old travelling pastor, perhaps you heard about him too. Back in the 17 and 1800’s because there were more churches than there were pastors to fill these church pulpit vacancies there were pastors who would get on their horse and ride from one town to the next town filling in for worship services when these individual churches didn’t have pastors. Well this particular pastor was in the middle of this trip between

Burnout is a very predominant matter within the world, especially among pastors. There are many attributing factors to pastoral burnout, such as; working too many hours, inadequate time spent refilling spiritually, lacking friends and support systems (Chandler 2), and the need to please everyone (Olsen and Grosch 300). Research has shown that burnout is composed of three aspects: “emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment” (Maslach and Jackson). In David Olsen and

Pastor Daniel O'Doherty II, is the Lead Pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Lovington, New Mexico. Pastor Daniel has been at the church since July of 2011. He is the lead and only pastor at Lovington First. In 2003, he graduated from Southwestern Assemblies of God University with a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry. Pastor Daniel grew up in the Dallas, Texas metropolitan area. He and his sister were raised by their mother, who worked full time. Pastor Daniel has always had a heart for youth. In

INTRODUCTION It was 20 April 2014, I had just finished preaching my first sermon on Easter Sunday as the newly appointed pastor of New Creation AME Church, and as I looked around at an empty church with 20 people in a facility that could hold 250 people, instantly my heart sunk and my spirit became vexed as the frustration of the moment slowly began to sink in. Admittedly, I almost burst out into hysterical laughter when I thought about how I had been hoodwinked into believing that I was being

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. My first question to pastor Bill was that interested me greatly, especially as I compared

remarking that “a pastor is one that preaches, teaches, administers the sacraments, is a good steward, is accountable to the church, parish, and to God as well for all that one is responsible for. A pastor is concerned about the spiritual health of a person that walks in the church, no matter it is a believer or not, is a member of that church or not, while a doctor is concerned about the physical health of a patient. Both have a vital role to play, but a combination of a pastor and a doctor would

Hello All, As the title above suggests, this is a newsletter updating you on my plans to go back to London with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). From July to November last year, I was away in London as a student in a Discipleship Training School (DTS). During this time, I grew so much as both a person, and as a disciple of God. Before I returned to the United States last year, I had a meeting with my leaders there, and they told me that they felt that I would come back at some point, they told me that