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been at his position at McFarlan United Methodist Church for 22 years. That is one of the longest terms anyone has spent as a youth minister in one place. Since, he has been there for 22 years he has seen the church go through several different pastors and has seen the church change and grow as a ministry. In his talk today he discussed the different leaderships that he has worked under not only at McFarlan but at other churches as well. Since he is the youth minister, he is working as the…

instead of going to Christ and asking him for guidance. “Take it to heart, Mr. Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God anymore.” - Proctor (Miller 36). Their religion is corrupt and the pastor says he teaches God’s word, but in reality believes in his own principles, and does not teach God’s…

individual church that is a member of the synod as a collective. Fear from the body of believers at anyone who comes in to look at what they have been doing and examine if change is needed. Chaos as the interim pastors and their congregation wade through finances and policies before bringing a new pastor on…

attire. Regina answers the door to Pastor Manders, and “straightens her collar”13 quickly when he has his back turned, indicating she wore a shirt or blouse, the common attire of a maid at the time. Pastor Manders enters the house wearing a topcoat, carrying an umbrella and a...small satchel”14, possibly signifying his authority and importance in society. The most significant costume, in my opinion, is that of Oswald. Oswald enters the conservatory while Pastor Manders and Mrs. Alving are seated…

years. Lastly I will explain how I feel I am a good match for Southeastern University in the academic field as well as a spiritual aspect. So let’s begin with the beginning. It was one day after work, I worked in the same town that Jonathan, my youth pastor, lived in. I believe Jonathan wanted to talk to me about going to Youth Convention. He begged me to go and offered to pay for me. I agreed to go, but that wasn’t the end of it, he looked at me and asked me had I ever been hurt, not…

Pastor Lee suggests that evangelicals tend to focus on personal sin more than corporate sin. They underemphasize the sin that affects structures as a whole in lieu of going to the root of seeking out a Christ-centered relationship with the individuals that…

Success Syndrome. In its first chapter, Kent Hughes revealed his calling and passion to preach. He discussed his early beginning in preaching. After completing his studies, helping a church, the church he helped decided to have him be the founding pastor of a church, and at first, everything seemed to be great. However, he wrote, “Our church was shrinking, and the prospect looked bad—really bad.” The second chapter revealed how Kent Hughes’s wife, Barbara Hughes, encouraged him and how they…

Cecil Robeck’s The Azusa Street Mission and Revival offers the response of on African American church to the social and religious segregation we learned from last weeks reading of Methodists and the Crucible of Race. As a licensed Nazarene pastor, I enjoyed that we were also given a reading that revealed the Holiness movement’s response to the dark times of segregation in our country. In The Azusa Street Mission and Revival Cecil Robeck’s explains that the worship practices of the black church…

Children in Church: A Life-Changing Decision One Sunday morning, a family with several children attends a service at a typical church. Rather than going into the children’s church, all five kids stay with their parents, remaining fairly quiet and attentive throughout the service. Afterwards, the parents are congratulated by many members of the church, and the children are praised as being “amazing” and “so well-behaved”. Why is this such a surprising and unusual occurrence? Why is…

This was my first time being in a limousine. A long stretched matted black car, with opaque windows from the outside. It looked small at first glanced, but the inside it was humongous. I felt presidential I felt luxury. Like I meant special in someone’s life. It was Early on a Sunday morning riding to Jocqui funeral. Mc Donald’s had paid for it because he was working there during the time before his departure of my heart. This was my first time going to a funeral. I had a lot of mix emotion all…