Looking for a ministry job can feel overwhelming and confusing. There are so many different positions and churches out there that it can be difficult to know which one God is leading you towards, or even if he wants you to look to leave your current ministry in…
“Bless the LORD, O my soul and do not forget all his benefits—the one who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit” (Psalm 103:2-3). This past Sunday afternoon, I preached on these verses to my congregation of 40 or…
In April 1969 at the Institute for the Study of Christian Origins in Tuebingen, Germany Canon Douglas Webster began his lecture “The New Testament Concept of the Ministry:” with “…the idea of ministry is unique to Christianity.” He continued, “at the heart of the Christian Gospel…is this whole idea of…
In the summer of 2023 the MRC sent a survey out to its mentoring community regarding the first five years of ministry. The results of this survey showed that there are common areas for growth and learning during the early pivotal period of ministry. Friendship, spiritual direction, understanding…
“But what do I do?” My very first memory of life in ministry was a question. I was serving as an intern for a semester at First Christian Church in Chicago and I had a desk in a small office that doubled as a storage space…
Spencer Taylor, upcoming Emmanuel Christian Seminary graduate, has spent his time in seminary ministering to the youth at Central Holston Christian Church. In his work, Spencer often returns to the wisdom of Andrew Root. Root writes, “ministry is about connection, one…
I have a confession: I’m not a big fan of the term “New Testament Church.” Many Christian Churches today use this title as a self-descriptor. These churches have good intentions of displaying their efforts to embody the ideals of the First Century Church and to declare the good…
Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back – Bruce Springsteen, “Atlantic City” It turns out that Easter is on a Sunday this year, so we should probably start talking about what we’re…
Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan enjoys a strong reputation in good preaching and teaching from scripture. Words have always mattered to this community. We believe that proclaiming God’s truth from scripture changes lives, heals wounds, liberates the oppressed, and restores communities. The collection below of published sermons from…
In undergrad I took a reading course on Church history. Our reading list involved a great variety of texts from early Christian primary sources to comprehensive histories of the crusades, Reformation, and more. Yet in the thousands of pages of Church history, the name Sanders never crossed my…
