Pastor

For as long as I can remember, I have had a heart for serving my community and to continue my education beyond high school. As I grew up with a family that earned little income, my mother taught me the essence of discipline and the importance of continuing my education beyond high school. As a high school graduate and an adult, I have allowed the trials of my life, along with the classes I have completed, to become an opportunity to enhance the skills needed for my future education. I currently…

“The Creation: An appeal to Save Life on Earth, by Edward O. Wilson” is a book about preserving Earth’s vanishing biodiversity. The book is written in first person, with E. O. Wilson writing to a pastor arguing on the preservation of biodiversity. The pastor, or religious believers in general, think that god has generated this world, the creation, for humans, and humans can use/do whatever they want; biologists, believe that the Earth isn’t sustainable for current human activities, and humans…

1) Pastoral Care as Therapy Lartey (56) identifies “danger of oversimplifying the issues at stake, the quest for single factors accountable for problems, the desire for quick-fix miracle cures, the problems of overdependence upon the curer or caregiver and the potential for abuse by the powerful therapist” (Anderson: p32). 2) Pastoral Care as Ministry This involves the church and it takes place during church service and there are five different activities that are to be done during the service;…

7. What can a Diocesan Bishop dispense from and what can he not dispense from? The Diocesan Bishop can dispense from universal, particular, disciplinary, and ecclesiastical dispositions that the supreme authority of the Church has mandated for his territory or his subjects. This right to dispense from some laws is conferred at the time of his ordination. Here the Code of Canon Law highlights that the Bishop is not a vicar of the Pope, but he has the power of governance in his diocese because it…

derived from Methodism. This church is very structured, following certain practices and ceremonies such as having pastors rotate out of the church on a certain schedule, communion, and more.…

swaying back and forth listening singing and praising as one. Although some of the songs may have been old the instruments were not. The instruments were all modern and played mostly by younger to middle aged men and women. When it came time for the pastor to preach he did so in a very moving…

and Career pastor at First Assembly of God, Mission. Javi and I developed a close friendship that still serves us today. He had such a passion for Christ that I did not see in anyone before. He longed to be used by God and for God to transform him. We would spend time together discussing Scripture and spiritual truths. He invited me to times of prayer together. Mentoring would characterize our relationship. My childhood pastor and I had a good relationship, but it was a pastor-member type…

Response In his book Leading on Empty, Pastor Wayne Cordeiro tells of his experiences in burnout and how he refueled himself. Pastor Cordeiro shares his experiences in the hopes that it is an encouragement to others heading down the same path. Pastor Cordeiro got back in touch with the things that were important in his life, built up his balance, and let God reenergize him so that he could do better things. Although Pastor Cordeiro’s book is written towards Pastors or leaders in ministry,…

back to him. The author perfectly states this quote as he describes Pastor Covington, “He was following man’s sad tradition of running to God when all else fails. He had done it before, turned his face to the heavens, only to return to new trouble when the current trouble passed (94).”. Continuously, God gives us infinite chances, but most of the times, people do not learn the lesson and go back to the bad habits they had. Pastor Henry says this on his mind; “He told himself the Lord was giving…

is a believer is called to do. Each person has a responsibility to proclaim the Good News not just those who are in ministry. There are many different settings that we as believers can preach the Good News without having to be in a church or be a pastor. In the following paragraphs, I will unfold a plan that will train the laity to minister in their Home and Neighborhood Settings. Often there has been a misinterpretation that the gospel can only be preached in the walls of the church. “For just…