Early on in ministry, I was given some constructive criticism that to be honest sort of offended me. However I have since learned the value in what was said and God has used it to be a teaching tool and motivator for me to grow as a worship leader. Here is the comment… “You know,…
I had a few minutes before I needed to leave the house for an appointment, and picked up the Home Life magazine to help pass the time. The cover promos included the question “Are you a walking contradiction?” Intrigued, I turned to the referenced article and found a confessional little essay entitled “Stripping the Veneer”. …
I like to think that I am a mentor to several young people…my kids. After that, I am probably not anything close to a mentor to anyone – especially anyone in the ministry field. I have some influences: Glenn Armstrong, John Cashion, Doug King, Mark Williams and Matt Pinkston…to name a few. But, not really…
Here at Church Music Today, we have been fortunate to have several guest bloggers post on the site like: Mark Williams, John Cashion, Doug King, Matthew Deweese, Travis Doucette, Rod Ellis, Tim Hooper, and Steven Skaggs. Today, we add to the long list of excellent writers with Joe Ball from the Kentucky Baptist Convention as…
Recently, my home church Youth Pastor, Doug King, resigned after twenty-five years of service. We wrote a retrospective of that service here and Doug actually wrote a guest blogpost for us here. It saddens my heart to see Doug go. After twenty-five years in one church, he and his wife are moving on to the…
Yesterday, we were privileged to have a guest blog post from Dr. Chuck Fuller. In his article, he talked a lot about the expectations and pressures of ministry. I greatly appreciate his honesty and I know a lot of us can relate. The fact is that no matter how much you enjoy what you do…
Today, we are pleased to present a guest blog post from Dr. Chuck Fuller, Assistant Professor of Christian Studies at Anderson University in Anderson, South Carolina. Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. Fuller spent 13 years serving as a pastor in Kentucky and Indiana. Most recently, he served as the pastor of Bethany Baptist Church…
This week at Church Music Today, we welcome a twenty-five year ministry veteran, Doug King as our guest blogger. Doug recently celebrated his 25th anniversary at Beaver Dam Baptist Church as their Youth Pastor. Doug was my Youth Pastor and I was recently privileged to serve with his at HBC’s student ministry camp in Logan Valley, MO.…
While Dennis is enjoying the Florida sun this week, he asked me to share about where I get most of my information and resources for ministry. Here a few tips that I hope are helpful. Nothing too profound here…but maybe something you haven’t thought of or a site you may not have used. 1. Friends…
The following is a blog post from over at http://www.shanegarrison.org. Dr. Garrison is a school of theology professor at Campbellsville University, Interim pastor at Bethany Baptist (Louisville), and a dear friend. The following post is filled with advice from Dr. Tom Bolton. I had the privilege of attending Southern Seminary during Bolton’s tenure as dean…
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