Contributed by Steven Angus on May 31, 2006
William Hinson, Sr. retired pastor of First United Methodist Church in Houston, the largest church in American Methodism, tells the story about a time when he was going to Columbia, South Carolina to preach in a revival. He had not slept well the night before and had gotten up that morning and
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Over the years Pastor Mitchell has prayed for a lot of people and one of the things that he began to notice several years ago was the amount of children that were brought to him for prayer that were deaf in only one ear. What he began to find out was that many of these
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 27, 2006
One Pastor performed a baptism service in sort of a special way. He told the people before they came up to the platform to be baptized to take a piece of paper, write down a few of the sins they’ve committed, and fold the paper. When they came up to the platform, there was a large wooden cross on
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Methodist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 13, 2007
Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois was mentoring five senior pastors. When he started the session with the question concerning their greatest need they all gave the same answer – How can they
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 27, 2007
One of my friends who pastored in the Phoenix area left to go do new work in another state. God had laid on his heart the desire to start new churches. The plans were laid for him to begin with the cooperation of two established churches. Funds and families were in place to further the kingdom.
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Baptist
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5 WAYS TO GET RID OF YOUR PASTOR
John R. Rice told of five ways to get rid of your pastor that you might should think about.
1. Sit on the front pew, smile and say AMEN real loud.
Your pastor will preach himself to death.
2. Compliment your Pastor often, pat him on the back, brag on how well he
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
More than 80% of Senior Pastors of Protestant churches consider their church to be
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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A survey of hundreds of pastors has allowed us to compile a preliminary list of measurable quality factors in the life of a congregation in ranking order. The twelve factors are:
1. Bible knowledge. Church members are increasing in their grasp of the teachings of the Bible. They can integrate
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Contributed by Mitch Chapman on Jan 4, 2003
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Three pastors from different congregations were having lunch and sharing experiences and ideas to help each other out with their different fellowships.
After several minutes of animated conversation, the first one remarks, "Hey, you know, we’ve got a serious problem at our church that I want to
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2003
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My youngest brother, Peter (a pastor in Minnesota), was 5 years old when JFK was assassinated. He understood that something very tragic had happened — President Kennedy had been killed — but he was obviously confused when he saw all the film clips of him on TV. He asked my
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
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A woman wanting to impress the pastor when he came to visit, said to her little girl, “Honey, go get the book that Mommy loves so much.” The little
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Baptist
Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 1, 2003
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Someone tells about a pastor who was late for church. He flagged down a taxicab and instructed the cabdriver to do everything within his power to get him to church on time. So the cab sped off and weaved through traffic for about ten blocks. The dangerous driving ended in a fatal accident. Both
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We are in contact with a retired pastor who has a successful Christian newsletter who is now about 80 years old. His name is Papalou(1). He wrote in one of his ezines the following which to me displays an excellent attitude, ? Some have sent some "nasty" emails when they unsubscribe. I will not
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 4, 2003
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Rev. Richard D. Phillips, pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia said:
"The law is not over us, to condemn us, but under our feet, to be a guide for our path. In saying that, it is the moral law, as reflected in the Ten Commandments, to which I refer, which
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 10, 2003
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Fellow pastor and friend Denn Guptill wrote these words: “How many people here have ever taken their kid’s to MacDonald’s. Ok you’ve taken the fruit of your loins to the golden arches, you’ve forked over some of your hard earned wealth, received your dinner and now you have retired to one of the
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Contributed by Joel Vicente on Dec 27, 2003
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Opening Humor: Before a pastor began to preach one Sunday morning he thought he should explain why he had a Band-Aid on his chin. "As I was shaving this morning I was thinking about today’s sermon when I lost my concentration and accidentally cut my chin with the razor." He then went on to preach
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Contributed by Jim Kane on May 25, 2004
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Pastor Kevin Higgins tells an old story that recounts the return of Jesus to glory after His time on earth. Even in heaven, goes the story; He bore the marks of His earthly pilgrimage with its cruel cross and shameful death.
The angel Gabriel approached Him and said, "Master, you must have
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004
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Quoted from 2004 Pastor’s Conference Workshop at Moody Bible Institute:
As Bill Thrall put it, "When my fear of the power of sin is greater than my
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Independent/Bible
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