Good morning on this Saturday, November, 14th. The Minister's Instruction Manual is in press! Its subtitle is A How-To Manual For Pastors, Missionaries, and Lay Leaders. Fifteen years ago we began training missionary intern couples who were preparing to serve Christ on fields around the world. I carefully considered the subjects which needed to be covered in their preparation for ministry and began covering those topics with each candidate. With the assistance of the senior church staff, Edgewood has trained a dozen missionary couples, most for an intensive two-year tenure which exposed them to all aspects of ministry. Through the years many pastors have asked for our material to be made available so they could use it in the training of their interns, and missionaries have requested some of the material to teach in their Bible Institutes. Six years ago we began distilling two huge notebooks of material into a book and I am happy to say, it is now in the process of being printed. After many rewrites and edits, it is finally finished. There are 42 subjects covered in The Manual in addition to nine appendices. I hope all Edgewood is as proud of our former interns as I am; they are serving with distinction and great success all over the world.
Tomorrow's sermon is the third message in the series, Proverbs: God's Instructions For Your Best Life. I trust you'll be there.
Mel Brown