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MINISTRY U:
YOUNG PREACHERS’ TRAINING CAMP
JULY 7-14, 2013 |
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Amridge University has conducted two amazing camps to
train young preachers ages 13-18 under the direction of
Dr. Roger Shepherd, Dean of College of General Studies.
There is a name change for the 2013 camp to MINISTRY U,
Young Preachers’ Camp. What is the significant meaning?
The new name emphasizes the broader spectrum of
preaching with emphasis on preaching and ministry in the
present time. Campers will be trained in hands-on-
ministry identifying with local churches and preachers
in the Montgomery area. We have decided that these young
men are preaching and ministering in local churches now,
not the distant future. It is time for the church to
recognize the amazing abilities of our young preachers.
Ministry U has a unique focus.
FOCUS:
The university and camp staff really desires to
make a difference in the lives and training of young
preachers equipping them to minister in the local
church. These young men can do the preaching and
ministry for the fifty percent of our 13,000
congregations that don’t have funds to hire a full-time
preacher. Therefore, we are looking to recruit young men
of Christian character and quality for ministry and
evangelism to be practiced in the present time. This
type of camp has always, since its conception in 1972,
emphasized recruiting young men who sincerely aspire to
preach the Gospel of Christ to the lost of the present
day. This we seek to restore using the biblical pillars
of ministry.
FIVE
PILLARS OF MINISTRY U: Ministry is the ability to
serve others with a practical faith in a ministration of
spiritual and physical needs of one another in the
church and community.
Paul instructed young preachers to “do the work
of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry” (2 Tim. 4:5).
Churches and universities that train preachers have the
task given by Christ to equip young men to do “the work
of service, to the building up of the body of Christ”
(Eph. 4:12). Amridge University has a unique way of
doing this starting with young men as early as thirteen
years old. We believe that the following five pillars of
ministry can be equipped in the same young man:
1.
Equipping to Preach.
2.
Equipping to Serve.
3.
Equipping to Evangelize.
4.
Equipping to Worship.
5.
Equipping to Lead.
A CALL TO
MINISTRY: The minister is a new creation of God by
the blood of Christ, the water, and the word. He is a
new creation being born into the body of Christ by the
blood of Christ like everyone else in the local church.
He contacts the blood in the water of baptism
like all believers in being called to minister or to
serve humanity through Jesus Christ (Acts 22:16; Rev.
1:5). The pulpit ministers are men with fifty-seven
percent between the
ages thirty and forty-nine (Douglas Foster,
Ministers at the
Millennium:
A Survey of Preachers in Churches of Christ, 36-37).
He is guided into a life of service or ministry by the
word of God (1 Thess. 2:13). Therefore, he is an
ordinary person serving God in the body of Christ.
Ministry is a gift of God, but is a calling to which one
must respond. God is now calling young men into a life
of service or ministry in the local church (1 Thess.
2:13). Therefore, he is an ordinary person serving God
in the body of Christ. It is a great time to be a young
preacher!
MINISTRY U:
The Young Preachers’ Training Camp is scheduled
for July 7-14,
2013. The campers will be trained according to
college guidelines for homiletics in order to prepare
and deliver a ten-twelve minute sermon. They will also
be trained in other aspects of sermon preparation,
practical ministry in various areas of local church
work, evangelism, and missions. They will return home
ready to minister in the present time. The camp will
address the current ministry needs for the selected
young men. The camp is limited to twenty-five so go to
www.amridgeuniversity.edu
and submit an application today.
Dr.
Roger shepherd,
Camp
Director
Dean
College of General Studies |
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