Preaching today is ‘like hot food on a cold plate’
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Preaching today is too often ‘like hot food served on a cold plate,’ says a member of the FIEC’s new theology team.
Bill James, Principal of London Seminary, joins Paul Mallard, Sarah Allen, Yannick Christos-Wahab, Jon Gemmell and Martin Salter in the group, which the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches says aims to provide ‘clear resources which will deepen our understanding and equip us to address pastoral needs and respond to contemporary challenges’.
Lack of trainee pastors to replace those retiring is ‘elephant in the room’
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The lack of trainee pastors to replace those who are retiring is an ‘elephant in the room’ which evangelicals are neglecting, a former en editor is warning.
Writing on the London Seminary website, John Benton says: ‘The stark truth is that far fewer men are coming forward to train for the ministry than there are pastors coming up to retirement.
Preaching and the power of perseverance
Some have a romantic view of Christian ministry.
We look to the role model of C. H. Spurgeon, under whose ministry thousands were converted, or the ministries of Whitefield or Wesley which had such extraordinary impact. We read the accounts of revivals in church history.