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How to Blow Up a Church: Three Easy Steps

By Jim Hamilton, associate professor of biblical theology at Southern Seminary and senior pastor of Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. 1. Be proud Who would go into a church and

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Serve your church faithfully: don’t wish it was like someone else’s church

By Bill Cook, professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Seminary and senior pastor of Ninth & O Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. Churches and pastors are parting ways at

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3 questions with: Phil Newton

Phil Newton serves as senior pastor of South Woods Baptist Church in Germantown, Tenn. Newton planted South Woods Baptist on April 19, 1987 and has served as senior pastor for

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SBTS chapel live blog: Mark Dever

Preacher: Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Text/title: Mark 10:13-16 – Children You see the future first in children. Every parent can see traits

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How to begin in the pastorate? Patience, patience, patience, Rose says

When a young minister is beginning his first pastorate, Tony Rose said there are two realities that may help him to be patient and avoid finding himself wearing the label

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Danger: Implement change with care, FBC Durham pastor says

It was a “traditional” Southern Baptist church, with its tradition entrenched firmly in the soil of 1955, an age that gave America the roadside luncheonette, waitresses on skates, the beehive

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Seven sure-fire ways to blow up a church

By Chuck Lawless, Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at Southern Seminary I served as a church pastor for 14 years, have now served for 12

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Speaking the truth in love: the key to pastoral ministry

By Thomas R. Schreiner, preaching pastor of Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., and associate dean of Scripture and interpretation and James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament interpretation at

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How to implement and sustain change in a local church

By Hershael W. York, senior pastor of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort, Ky. and Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching at Southern Seminary. With some regularity I

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David Prince and Jeremy Haskins on how to implement and sustain change in a local church WITHOUT blowing it up

Picture this situation: you have served as pastor of a particular church for less than five years. The church is growing and you think it would be wise to construct

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April 12 Towers: How to Blow up a Church

The goal of course is to NOT blow up churches: but in reality some pastors do. Of course, what church is perfect? All churches need to grow in matching the

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My father’s son: Brand making name in country music

In his song “Walking in My Father’s Shoes,” Craig Morgan sings lovingly of a father who taught his son how to be a man by example: “He taught me so

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For the Media

For news media seeking comments from President R. Albert Mohler Jr. or other seminary personalities, please contact:

Caleb Shaw
Executive Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
(502) 897-4121
cshaw@sbts.edu

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