Those interviewed identified three major theological issues they are facing in their ministry contexts. All of them fall under the broad category of the authority of the Scriptures, but for the purposes of this paper, only two will be directly linked to that category. Page Brooks, a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological [...]

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I recently completed a paper for my class “Christian Ministry in the 21st Century” for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The paper was subdivided into six major sections:

theological issues
ministry issues
ministry disciplines
defining success
personal reflection on ministry
development plan for the next year

Church planters, pastors, and parishioners were interviewed so that the author might gain insight into [...]

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So I’m in the midst of a bunch of projects, papers, and exams. I finished one huge project about twenty minutes ago. Twenty-eight pages, including the stupid blank piece of paper after the title page. I didn’t expect this thing to be so long. It was a compilation of a bunch [...]

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