Author Archives
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Mental Health and the Church: Strategies for Faithful and Compassionate Ministry
It has been said that much of the world is in a mental health crisis, especially in this post-pandemic era. “At least one in five, and in some parts of the world perhaps as many as one in two, people experience mental ill health during the course of their lifetime.” This has serious implications.
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Music of Dan & Beth Sonnenberg
We recently added a number of songs and clips from previous concerts and recordings to this playlist which now totals 49 recordings. https://youtu.be/RD81vNpGT04?list=PL1kZnq1uNgfmKoQ7_awtqyIb6RRLvGJI9
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Principles of Hermeneutics, Homiletics and Expository Sermon Writing
If you wrote a letter with some statements in it that are a little ambiguous, then what does the letter mean? It means what you intended it to mean, not what the reader thinks it might mean. The true meaning of a text resides in the authorial intent of the text.
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Stephen Ministry: Providing Christ-Centered Care
Stephen Ministry offers a proven and effective way to organize, equip, and supervise a team of lay persons—called Stephen Ministers—to provide high-quality, one-to-one, Christ-centered, confidential care to people in the congregation and the community experiencing life difficulties.
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Luis Rojas Espinoza: Empowering Peruvian Pastors
Pastor Luis Rojas Espinoza is an experienced Instructor with Timothy Two Project International from Lima, Peru. He traveled four times to train pastors in the Native Community of Bajo Naranjillo in northern Peru.
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Empowering Pastors in Costa Rica: Key Takeaways from the ‘Serving God’ Workshop
“Serving God” includes topics pastors address in their churches every week, so they had much to say to one another. And since they serve in different churches, they were able to hear and discuss diverse viewpoints on the various topics.
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EPC Transfer Exams Expanded Study Guide (pdf)
Below are the notes I used for preparing to transfer into the EPC Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic in September 2020. Since that time, the Mid-Atlantic Presbytery multiplied into three Presbyteries: Coastal Mid-Atlantic, Central Carolinas, and New River. This document may be helpful for transfers into those three Presbyteries.
We Are His Workmanship 