Regular registration for PELC 2017 begins on Wednesday, July 5. There’s still time to get the early bird rate for you, your officers, and your Bible instructors. Our theme this year is M28-Refocus. The focus is Matthew 28 and the mission of the church to make disciples. A sense of
The quotation is over 150 years old and still as powerful and relevant as the day Ellen White wrote it, “Our first duty before God and our fellow beings is that of self- development.” Signs of the Times Nov.17, 1890. Self development. Some see it as synonymous with selfishness, but
It has been an interesting week! Nothing gets folk going like a conversation about fallen leaders. That’s what we started last week. Now, I’ve noticed that where you stand on this issue is often influenced by where you sit. If the issue of fallen leaders is basically theory to you,
This week I made my annual pilgrimage to the Hampton Ministers Conference. Listening to Lance Watson, Rudolph McKissick, Marcus Cosby was amazing. Seeing them and past Hampton President William Houston Curtis reminded me of the lasting relationships we’ve established with these preachers through our own ministers conference, PELC. It was also
There are three words every successful leader is destined to hear. They represent the nameless, faceless opposition that can distract, depress or demoralize you if you’re not careful. And those three words are: “People are saying.” These words follow successful leaders because they are generally the result of movement and
It’s the word that strikes fear in the hearts of countless Adventists… Pentecostal! It inspires images of everything from holy dancing to holy flesh. From speaking in tongues to slaying in the Spirit. It’s the first complaint many conference presidents hear on their way in, and the last complaint many pastors hear on
If you love good preaching the Pastoral Evangelism and Leadership Council (PELC), is the place to be. The training is excellent, the music is superb, the fellowship is fantastic, but the preaching is amazing. For 38 years preachers like Charles Brooks, Charles Adams, Gardner Taylor and Walter Pearson have blessed
So what happened? How did Freddy Haynes get the nod? Nothing controversial here. I could have asked the same question about Debleaire Snell or Roger Bernard or Gina Spivey Brown. I want you to take a quick journey with me. Rarely a week passes without me receiving a request from
There is no person that I respect more than Dr. George Russell Seay Jr. From the same city and home church, we have known each other for years. He even had the good eyes and great fortune to marry my “best looking and sweetest sister” – he made that last
Is it just me, or is there more cursing going on these days? Now in the spirit of full disclosure, and since my friends read this blog, I don’t claim total victory in this area. But something has changed. What ever happened to the good old days of dangs and
Now, this blog was originally entitled, “What Barack Obama Said About PELC 2017.” But I decided against it. Why? Because in my mind I could see at least three groups reading the blog. Group one might have thought it was in bad taste. Group two might have thought, “the title
We have a problem. It’s a big problem. Let me illustrate it this way. The average life expectancy for a US citizen is 78.7 years. For men, it’s 76 years. For women, it’s 81 years. I could speculate about the reason for the difference, but my wife reads my blog,
