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The Event You Don't Want to Miss...
Have you ever felt God calling you to the pulpit?
Do you have a message that needs to be shared?
Do you practice delivering a sermon into the bathroom mirror?
 If so, you don't want to miss the National Festival of Young Preachers. This event is-to our knowledge-the only place in the country where young people from different Christian traditions can come together under one roof...all with one goal: preaching the Gospel.
The deadline to register for the January 2-5, 2013 event (and have your bio included in the Program) is Monday, November 6, 2012.
Don't delay. Young preachers, guests, and volunteers (everyone)...register here today!
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More Reading & Resources
 The GOSPEL SLAM is one of many events planned for the 2013 National Festival you won't want to miss. Learn more>
The Orthodox Church of American has challenged any individual or organization within the church to prepare, record, and submit a video of a creative response to one of two Challenge questions. Learn more>
AoP Founder & President Dwight A. Moody recently reviewed and discussed L enny Luchetti new book Preaching Essentials. It's a must-read for any young preacher getting started. Read more>
Rachel Brocker tells fellow Young Preachers what really matters when it comes to attending the National Festival of Young Preachers. Read more> |
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Come Prepared to Listen
Guest Article By Aaron Carr, AoP '12
Aaron Carr serves with the Academy of Preachers a Gospel Catalyst. 2012 was Aaron's first time attending the Festival. Here he shares his thoughts on what to expect.
 Modern American society is one of the most highly stratified and fractured cultures the world has yet seen. Nearly every month I run across an article that elucidates this exact thesis with increasingly bizarre pieces of data. One of my favorites is the story of Paulville, an un-built (but heavily planned) utopian community in rural West Texas that exists for Ron Paul supporters and other people who believe in "freedom and liberty."[1]
I'd like to say that this fractured and contentious reality is endemic only of American culture, and not of the American church. But I know better. For too long I have witnessed ecumenical events that played host to a grand variety of Christian denominations so long as those various Christians present could agree on a political party or policy decision. It happens on the political right and the left, so much so that the American church runs the risk of existing only in the echo chambers of "fundamentalist" and "progressive" for the next century or so.
If you are coming to the 2013 National Festival of Young Preachers expecting it to be one of those loud echo chambers, I am proud to say that you are going to be sorely disappointed. The work of the Academy of Preachers is the work of the most broadly ecumenical organizations I have ever witnessed. When it comes to the church in America, the AoP truly represents everyone. Read More>
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