St. Louis / Eastern Missouri Ministry Community
Dear Colleagues:
This is a reminder that the St. Louis/Eastern Missouri Ministry Community will have its bi-monthly networking and equipping event on Thursday September 16th from 10:00 am – 1:30 pm.
PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION – This month’s luncheon will be hosted by Community Fellowship Church at the Youth Learning Center (YLC), 4471 Olive St., St. Louis 63108. Community Fellowship had an instrumental role in establishing this center to benefit the community. It is adjacent to the church building and shares a parking lot. To get to YLC take I-64/US40 east and exit at Kingshighway. Go north to Lindell and turn right. Continue east on Lindell to Taylor (2nd light). Go left on Taylor and proceed north to Olive. The church is on the northeast corner and the YLC just to the east. You can park on the street or pull into the YLC lot.
The tentative program is as follows:
10:00 – 10:30 am Gathering and Networking – coffee available
10:30 – 11:30 am Dante Upshaw – Director of African American Ministries for the EFCA
11:30 Break for Lunch
12:00-1:00 pm Multi-Ethnic Reports
- Pastor Willie Kent & Bill Kent, YLC Director – Community Fellowship Church
- Pastors Al Frank & Tommie Pierson – Calvary Church St. Charles
- Luis Martinez – Multi-Ethnic Ministries Director – EFCA Central District
- Introductions and brief interviews – Richard Schumacher
1:00 – 1:30 pm Pray for one another
During the time of introductions I hope you will have a chance to hear from Jubilee Community Church, Truth & Grace Church and to meet current and potential multi-ethnic church planters in Missouri and Arkansas.
This should be a great time to connect with fellow pastors and get exposed to the growing number of multi-ethnic works in our District, and particularly in Missouri. Pastors, you should feel free to bring your missions staff or lay leaders along if possible.
AS ALWAYS, A RSVP WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GIVE US A HEADCOUNT FOR THE LUNCH THAT WILL BE PROVIDED.
Regards,
Richard Schumacher
Regional Associate Superintendent
Church Planting Missionary
EFCA Central District
P.O. Box 848, Manchester, MO 63011-1148
(636) 527-4432 Phone
(314) 640-4560 Cell
www.efcamoar.org
Resources from Recent Ministry Community Gatherings
September 17, 2009 Ministry Community
MP3 of William Koenig’s Message – 9.17.09
Powerpoint for William Koenig’s Message
MP3 of Dr. David Chapman’s Message – 09.17.09
Books you may be interested which are available at Amazon.com and other online booksellers:
Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel, William Koenig (About Him, 2006)
The Blessed Hope, George Eldon Ladd (Wm. B. Eerdmans. 1980)
A Commentary of the Revelation of John, George Eldon Ladd (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1972)
Three Views on The Rapture, Gleason Archer, editor (Zondervan, 1996)
Three Views on the Millenium and Beyond, Stanley Gundry, editor (Zondervan, 1999)
D.A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School has posted lectures from his 1995 seminary course on Revelation at the Gospel Coalition web site. While I have not listened to the entire series yet, I do know remarks and answers to student questions on the millenium, rapture, imminency and alternate views on the millenium (dispensational, classical, amillenialism and post-millenialism) can be found in Lectures 21 and 22 (and perhaps elsewhere). As you click on the link, please be patient as it may take a moment for the file to download and for your computer to boot your default MP3 player.
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Lecture 12
Lecture 13
Lecture 14
Lecture 15
Lecture 16
Lecture 17
Lecture 18
Lecture 19
Lecture 20
Lecture 21
Lecture 22
Lecture 23
Lecture 24
Check out the Gospel Coalition web site at http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/ for more great resources and messages on Revelation and many other topics. Many of you will know Dr. Michael Andrus, former pastor of First Free in St. Louis and now at First Free in Wichita who is a featured contributor along with many other well known pastor-theologians.
Also, check out Mr. Koenig’s web sites:
http://www.watch.org/
http://www.williamkoenig.com/
July 23, 2009 Ministry Commuity
Here are some requested resources from our previous Ministry Community:
A Thousand Questions Video
View A Thousand Questions video on YouTube.
Order A Thousand Questions video from Willow Creek (Note the list price is $19.99. When I ordered this price was reduced to $5 only after adding it to the cart. I do not know if this special price is still available.)
Richard’s PowerPoint presentation: Engaging God’s Mission Regionally.07.23.09
Rick Burke’s PowerPoint presentation: Missions TO and FROM Europe-07
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Looking forward to hosting this event. I know that our interns at St. Paul’s, Andy and Claudia, are very excited about sharing their experiences here in St. Louis and their vision for Berlin.