Ministerial Resources
Find recent PowerPoints, Handouts, Teachings, and other resources that may be helpful in your ministry.
General Resources
General Resources for Ministry
The Altar Call
Explore explanation of how we offer the Altar Call
Click Here
Click Here
Qualifications for Preachers
Explore the inward and outward call of ministry
Click Here
Click Here
The Articles of Religion
Basic tenants and doctrine of what we believe in our church.
Click Here
Click Here
The Exegetical Process
The beginnings of crafting a sermon
Click Here
Click Here
Preaching Book List
Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching by Frank A. Thomas
The Certain Sound of the Trumpet: Crafting a Sermon of Authority by Samuel D. Proctor
The Certain Sound of the Trumpet: Crafting a Sermon of Authority by Samuel D. Proctor
I Believe I'll Testify: The Art of African American Preaching by Cleophus J. LaRue
Celebration & Experience in Preaching by Henry H. Mitchell
Illustrations Unlimited: A Topical Collection of Hundreds of Stories, Quotations, & Humor by James S. Hewitt (Editor)
The Certain Sound of the Trumpet: Crafting a Sermon of Authority by Samuel D. Proctor
The Certain Sound of the Trumpet: Crafting a Sermon of Authority by Samuel D. Proctor
I Believe I'll Testify: The Art of African American Preaching by Cleophus J. LaRue
Celebration & Experience in Preaching by Henry H. Mitchell
Illustrations Unlimited: A Topical Collection of Hundreds of Stories, Quotations, & Humor by James S. Hewitt (Editor)
Other Books
The Black Church in the African American Experience by C. Eric Lincoln & Lawrence H. Mamiya
African American Christian Worship by Melva Wilson Costen
Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit by Henri Nouwen
Can a Sistah Get a Little Help by Teresa L. Fry-Brown
Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans by Albert J. Raboteau
A Black Theology of Liberation by James H. Cone
African American Christian Worship by Melva Wilson Costen
Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit by Henri Nouwen
Can a Sistah Get a Little Help by Teresa L. Fry-Brown
Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans by Albert J. Raboteau
A Black Theology of Liberation by James H. Cone
Online Resouces
- Online Bible Dictionary & Scholarly Articles
- www.bibleodyssey.org/
- Greek/Hebrew Bible
- www.blueletterbible.org/
- Spiritual Gifts Inventory
- www.umcdiscipleship.org/spiritual-gifts-inventory/en
- Story Illustrations Online
- http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/sermon.asp