Pastor

guilt. Dimmesdale perfectly satisfies the role of a human’s response developing as time elapses; he starts off being pure and untainted before falling into a depression. Arthur Dimmesdale is portrayed as the pure pastor—the apple of everyone’s eye. Dimmesdale, whom is known as the “godly pastor”, is believed to have taken Hester’s sin “grievously to heart” (5). This interpretation of Arthur Dimmesdale gives the readers the idea that Dimmesdale is a man with a pure soul that takes his…

lecture. This was proportional to one of the themes highlighted in the handout that stated “within the body of Christ, there is no ultimate distinction between giver and receiver, healthy and sick, pastor and layperson, caregiver and patient.” This reminded me of Dr. Fowler’s perspective that as pastors…

and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is still remembered today for his famous “ I Have a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was born as Michael King. He was the middle child in his family. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped up as pastor of his church. He became the pastor after his father passed…

church’s most highly attended fall festival. There were numerous food vendors, a ferris wheel, inflatables and a turkey giveaway, complete with a live DJ. “It’s something that our Pastors, Bryan and Rhonda Matthews, started to reach out to the community,” said Faith Dixon, coordinator of the Gobble Fest. “It’s really in our pastors’ heart to promote family and fun.” Members of New Life Church feel this is their most favorite event of the year. “I have a three-year-old here and a two-week-old…

After attending this church for the first time truly open my eyes on the real world we face has negative and positive affect on us. Pastor Geoffrey allowed each scripture to define it self to reality that we face every day. He used certain words to define of means of what he was going to explain . He didn’t hide any untold information to get the message across. Especially, the service…

Again, I was expecting something bigger; maybe a super prayer or a bunch of dignitary’s from their denomination headquarters. Instead it was just the Pastor introducing my friend’s husband. It almost seems ironic that I was expecting so much, especially since I have so many issues with the rituals and traditions of churches. As the new Minister began to preach, he spoke of how he came to know the Lord…

about congregation as “family.” (7, 8) The purpose of introducing this understanding is to help leaders know how a “congregation works” and what is the cause for it not to work. (Introduction,1) Also, another purpose is to understand how the roles of pastors are played within a congregation. (12) Galindo points out the crucial relationship that a…

community church in the suburb at that time. One day, the youth group pastor and some praise team members learned that I could play the piano and encouraged me to play in the praise team with them; since I enjoyed playing the piano, I gladly joined the team. The praise team met three hours prior to the Friday worship service every week; we practiced music for an hour, studied the bible for an hour, and prayed for an hour. The youth pastor, who was also the praise team leader, was passionate…

When I found out that I was pregnant with Emma he was very negative saying that I should get an abortion or an adoption because he wasn’t ready. He also broke up with me saying that he was going to break up with me before all this happened but he didn’t want to hurt my feelings so. He said that he would go to all my appointments but only ended up going to about five of the many I had. Ever since my daughter was born it has been nothing but trouble for me when it comes to him and his family. His…

pastoral ministry. Raised in a Baptist home, my grandmother took us to Sunday worship services at St. Paul Baptist Church in Garfield, Pennsylvania. This Baptist church affirmed the altar call, which is one false doctrine in the church. Thus, the pastor had me recite the sinner’s prayer. It reads: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart…