The College of Preachers and Premier Christian Media have teamed up to host the first Young Preacher of the Year competition. The aim is not to promote celebrity preaching, but to encourage the next generation of Christian preachers. They say, ‘Yes, it’s a competition, and there`ll be just one winner; but we hope that there’ll be no losers. We want everyone who enters this event to find that it helps them with their preaching.’
To enter, you need to be between the ages of 18 and 30 on the 18th January 2010, and you need to be endorsed by a church leader. You need to submit an audio recording of you preaching for no more than 20 minutes in an act of worship, with a transcript. The closing date is the 28th May 2010. Short-listed contestants will be asked to submit a further sermon and then seven finalists will be invited to preach live at Methodist Central Hall on a Saturday in November.
Full details are on their website www.youngpreacher.org.uk, wouldn’t it be brilliant if it was won by a woman, so either get yourself nominated or nominate a friend, either way let’s get women noticed for their preaching.
“My perception was there was a dearth of younger women on General Synod, particularly clergy, and I thought it was important to have that representation improved. I thought I fitted the bill, it would be interesting to do for five years and see that national level that impacts the local level. I’ve made two speeches – one on women bishops and one on disability.”
Check out Katie in this General Synod Election video:
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On Tues 5th January 2010, Bishop Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead chaired a second meeting of representatives of AWESOME & Reform. This time we were joined by invited theological consultants as guests. We met to discuss differences among evangelicals over biblical teaching about women’s ministry and leadership and the implications of such teaching for any church committed to ordering its life as a faithful, obedient response to that teaching and were assisted by papers written by some of those attending. Our focus was mainly but not exclusively on issues of biblical theology, exegesis and hermeneutics rather than current political issues relating to women bishops.
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