Pastor College Essays Samples For Students

Importance of ethos in Pastoral Ministry

Pastoral ministerial ethos involve the accepted code of conduct by the pastors in their daily devotion to the work of God. These are the qualities that are morally and spiritually upright that distinguish the pastors from mere men. Every pastor must engage this ministerial ethos so that the gospel be effective. Ministerial ethos are so important because they help a pastor to conduct every function following a spiritual blueprint that offers guidelines that the minister of the Gospel ought to follow (Gula, 2010).
Ministerial ethos like total obedience to the word of God will help the servant of God ...

My experience visiting different churches was a tough task because I never been in any church other than my religion. Being Muslims, we are not encouraged to do it, but I asked permission to our Imam (priest in Islam) about the assignment in school. However, in my heart, I am willing to perform the task in order for me to learn more about other religions. Even though I felt uncomfortable, I managed to visit four churches in the city; Soka Gakkai International (Buddism), Cape Bible Chapel, Seventh-day Adventist Church, and First Baptist Church, respectively.

Soka Gakkai International

First, I visited the Soka ...

Film Studies

Live in Kibra has never been easy for any middle aged woman and Rachael was not exceptional. There were escalating levels of crimes like; rape cases, robbery with violence, car jacking, prostitution, drugging among others. At the age of seventeen, Rachael had been gang raped several times. Being a girl from a poor family she also had suffered hunger, poverty and mistreatment from people within the ghetto. The harsh Kibra’s life had hardened her and she had adopted a way of life through prostitution in the nearby city brothels, smoking and drinking. At her tender age she had known all types ...

The films that will be examined in this paper have much in common though, at the same time they consist of different aspects in their plots and picture different characters (Hayward 67). The main issue that unites all these films is the theme of obsession. The meaning of this word in films is the same, but considering each character, it may have slightly different understanding. Each character has different aims and values and they act according to them (Parkinson 109). Nevertheless, there is one common and the most important characteristic feature in their behavior. It influences their lives and ...

Christian Leadership

Christian leadership is the type of leadership that is practiced in the church according to the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus set the foundation of leadership of the church by placing the apostles on the bottom-most part of the church to support the rest of the followers. Paul, the apostle took the work of the apostle seriously to ensure the doctrine of Christianity is spread throughout the world. He named five ministers who would help in building the kingdom of God as Jesus wished (Ascough 2002).

The five-fold leadership ministry or the ascension gift matrix is a concept of leadership ...

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Prayer Lessons
Search Me Psalm (139)
We are asking in our prayers for God to take care of us, and we are proclaiming his name because he had found us. We (in our prayers) truly understand that we cannot find God, but God can found us, and enter our heart, and since that time, we do understand that God is full of love, and mighty. We are asking in our prayers to be with us everywhere, and he is, because he is eternal and almighty God. In our personal prayers that we are using in stress and in our ...

In this assignment, we interviewed Pastor Jonathan, a Christian Protestant pastor working with the WorthyLife Christian Fellowship. In the interview, the pastor was asked his worldviews and philosophy concerning euthanasia. Below is a summary of the views he expressed concerning the issue.
First, being a spiritual leader who subscribes to the Christian faith, Pastor Jonathan holds the view that God exclusively holds the power over life and death. He believes that any human being has no power whatsoever to end another person’s life. Indeed, Jonathan points out that one has no power even over one’s life. He ...

This is a transcript of an interview with the church pastor who is making an effort to ascertain if Gloria is the right candidate with the right mental approach to work with the mute members of the community. As they are differently abled the pastor believes that they are closer to God, which he has bestowed them with different abilities to be able to make a difference in a dramatically different way and that's us – the so called normal people are actually at a disadvantage. The question that pastor seeks to answer is if Gloria has the commitment to these God’ ...

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The art of public speaking is the key to engage and spur audiences in to action. Many people are natural public speakers and some have learnt the art because they were forced to. One such example is Pastor Joel Osteen from Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Joel Osteen’s 17 year journey in public speaking as a Pastor can only be termed as phenomenal.
He took over the role of Pastor since his father passed away. Joel had not background in preaching ...

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”1 The words of Jesus in the Gospel of John seem simple enough, but provide a foundation for the Lutheran faith and have been the subject of controversy for hundreds of years. When Martin Luther presented his protest against a “wanton preaching of pardons” and other perceived wrongs practiced by the Catholic Church in his Ninety-Five Thesis in October of 1517, he may have single-handedly begun the Reformation leading to a schism and the large number of Protestant religions ...

Abstract

Pastoral counseling is gradually becoming a radical provider of mental health services. Clergymen are increasingly pursuing training in both behavioral science and religion. In endeavors to manifest quality clinical practice, they merge theological and psychological disciplines. Pastoral counseling is thus a distinctive psychotherapy, given its ability to include divine and God`s power. The psychotherapy is based on the belief that people desire divine connection. Pastoral counselors mediate healing with God`s loving in order to achieve ideal wholeness. As such, this paper depicts a reflection on pastoral counseling in liaison with previous readings in class. It leverages various ...

The 19th century was a time of vast change for the entire world, from the birth of electronics to the publishing of On the Origin of Species to the rapid expansion of the world powers. It is, perhaps, no wonder that it is also at this time of great, and sometimes terrible, human feats that a movement began that defied human imperialism over other humans and over nature itself, thus was the birth of Transcendentalism. This was a movement started in on the east coast of the United States, primarily in Massachusetts, that sought to uplift the individual and ...

Problem definition

Jill is an employee and colleague that is well-liked, but her circumstances force her to be otherwise. Her increased levels of stress cause her to portray a poor image of her during the work hours to the extent that it affects both her professionalism and duty. Despite the fact that her colleagues understand her predicament at home, they feel that it is infringing on her duty stirring everyone up including the management. One of the actions that depict that she has been out of it lately is when she hurt the pastor’s wife. Jill’s increased misconduct at ...

Philosophy of Small Groups

Small groups in a church and ministry function solely to not only help bring people closer but also to work together towards a single, purposeful cause or goal. The philosophy behind these groups is based mostly on the need for the propagation of God’s message and his word. There are various steps which one must take in order to truly comprehend the message of God while working together with other people. It is also important to understand what qualifies as a group in order to further understand their dynamics.
A group is overseen by a leader in order to help the ...

The current issue that has North America is a clash between the Buddhist community and the Muslims. Buddhist monks have been reported to hinder the extension of medical services to the Rohingyas, a community that is considered to be serving as spies of the British. This move is slowly taking roots as the community is being denied employment opportunities. There is a serious clash between the Buddhist community and the Muslim who differ in cultural values, and religious practices (Pastor, 163). It seems as if it is a political fight between tow cultures with one wanting to dominate the other. It is much ...

All of us have role models in life. These are men and/or women we look up to, admire, wish to be like them, hope to follow their career path, share their ideals and so many other things about them. these people are not always perfect, but whatever they do inspires us so much we tend to ignore their bad attributes. My role model is Dr. Billy Graham. The following is a brief autobiography of my role model

Billy Graham was born on the 7th of November, 1918. He was originally named William Franklin Graham Jr (Graham, 1999). He was the ...

Purpose Statement

1. What have you learned this semester about evangelism as it relates to your Christian walk that has changed your perception and challenged your thinking?
There are a variety of important lessons that I have learned this semester regarding evangelism as it relates to my Christian walk. These ideas have profoundly changed my perceptions and challenged my thinking by providing me with a basis for understanding my faith and that of others on a more fundamental level. Not only does an understanding of Christian evangelism help to provide insight into the way in which faith can be instilled and ...

Worship Service #1

Place: 820 S West End Blvd
Personal Connection to this place? None
The Seventh Day Adventist Church is a church that believes to please God you must worship on a Saturday, because it is commanded in the Holy Bible. While I do not agree with their premise, I found the service warm, friendly, and interesting. The building is a small brown building, slightly set back from the main road. If you weren’t looking for it, you’d never know it was there. I probably would have driven past it, if it had not been for my GPS telling ...

Religious Studies

The “Middle” Positions of Homosexuality in Churches
Homosexuality has been major issue of debate in the church for the past decades. In addition, the Church has ignored this intricate issue; this has been due to the Christian teachings that are based on marriage, which strictly asserts that marriage is a holy matrimony meant for a man and a woman. The church has viewed Homosexuality as an immoral act and sin against God, and thus, the church denominations could not allow it under any circumstance. However, in the past decade, there has been openness to accept homosexuality in some churches. ...

Introduction

Leadership is a fundamental part of social life and work. It is a process of directing a team to attain goals. Thus, a leader is needed when a team of individuals wishes to achieve a common objective. Leadership is also a key factor that facilitates the overall wellbeing of the organizations. Effective leadership plays an imperative role in the performance as well as the growth of all the organizations (Riaz, Haider, & Open, 2010). Ideally, the success of any organization in establishing high performing teams depends on the type of leaders it has. Various people exhibit leadership through a wide ...

Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta (southern Georgia) in the family of the priest of Baptist Church. Despite the fact that it was the period of the Great Depression in America, which led to the fact that 65% of the colored population of Atlanta was forced to receive unemployment benefits, economic difficulties have not affected rich, bourgeois priest family. Martin spent his childhood quite comfortable.
Occupation of King Sr. largely determined the life of his son. From an early age, Martin attended a church that was closer than the school and where his father ...

4 Questions
A. Philadelphia, PA, USA. In a response of at least 175 words, compare the role of religion vs. nativist politics as underlying causes of the violent Protestant–Catholic confrontation. Include the word count in parentheses at the end of your response.The cause of the Philidelphia Nativist Riots was multifaceted; as Philadelphia improved on its industrialization, more and more Irish immigrants were coming to America to work, especially in the light of the Irish potato famine This brought a new population of Catholics to America, which alarmed the mostly-protestant Americans (and those Irish who were also Protestant). This created ...

Introduction

When it comes to the domain of humanities, John Wesley and Martin Luther King Jr. are considered to be among the most important figures that were known for making reforms in the religious sector. They were both pastors from different generations. John Wesley sailed from England to Georgia during the colonial period in the 18th century. John is well known for being among the people who formed the movement of Methodism. Martin Luther King was well known for fighting for the American civil rights movement in the eighteenth century through non-violent protests. The reason for choosing these two figures ...

Church Visit

I visited the Ashland First United Methodist on Sunday 4th of November 2012. The church schedule indicated that the service would begin at 9.30 am. I arrived at 9.00am because I wanted to meet the pastor Dr. Dan Bilkert and make him aware of my presence. I had spoken to him the previous day and he had granted me the permission I needed to visit the church and observe the proceedings during worship.

When I arrived at the church, there were about 10 young men and women in the church. Two ladies were standing next to the large oak ...

According to Church Growth Today, the Lakewood Church steered by Joel Osteen and his wife Victoria is the largest and fastest growing church in the U.S. (Lakewood Church 1). The church is a non-denominational Christian church located in Houston, Texas. It was started by John Houston and his second wife Dodie in 1959. After his death in 1999, his youngest son Joel Osteen took over. The church has a 16, 800 sitting capacity and holds four English services and two Spanish services per week. The congregation averages at 43,500 (Lakewood Church 1). Given this descriptive statistics, the church evokes an ...

Ideological Analysis traces its origin from the Marxist theory of Culture. It specifies the knowledge produced by the television related to cultural practices and relics on the audiences of television. These positions and knowledge’s of the cultural text which in this case is television provides and links the viewers with the class interests and economy of the television industry which again is a branch of larger cultural industry, comprising of radio, film industry, music industry and print media. Ideological analysis derives from the fact that all the cultural artifacts including the television shows are created for the precise audience ...

‘A Man Escaped’ is a powerful and thought-provoking movie, which was directed by Bresson. The movie ‘A Man Escaped’ supposed to the most crucial in the lifeline of the Bresson’s works, and is admired to be nominated as a masterpiece. The movie focuses on the struggle and suffering of the people, who are in the prison. They are searching for the opportunity to escape from the prison in order to end with these unfair suffering and killing surrounding (‘A Man Escaped: Quintessential Bresson’). The movie pictures people with different worldviews and perspectives. Besides, the director wants to express ...

Many historical recordings document the lives of people who have lived the life that our greatest example, Jesus Christ, spoke that a Christian should live. Many of these people have been leaders. Some have shown themselves not full of avarice, or greed, in keeping with Christ’s rebuke from the scriptures of Luke, and have shown no interest in making the house of God a “den of thieves” (Biblegateway, 2016). The Apostle Paul is a great example of a Christian who happened to be a leader, although he never held a particular office in the Christian Church building as ...

Doctor Glas

There are moments in every human’s life that could considerably change their behavior, interests, attitudes towards others or outlooks. Such turning points test peoples’ endurance as well as an ability to take important decisions. Whether it may be large or small these events modify us physically or mentally and teach never to take anything in life for granted. Experiencing these occurrences, humans learn more about themselves and their lives. In the end, people become even stronger individuals, with a clear vision of success and their own ways of realizing cherished dreams and achieving goals. Doctor Glas’ s diary ...

Final Essay: Robert Bresson’s Dictum & Film Analysis of “A Man Escaped”

Introduction
The modern film-viewer may anticipate feeling abashed, or risk feeling bored when scrutinizing an old, black-and-white movie that lacks an action package. However, Robert Bresson’s film made in 1956, A Man Escaped, offers a compelling example of filmmaking skills which captivate the attention of its audience. One of Director Robert Bresson’s favorite dictums asserts that “What is for the eye must not duplicate what is for the ear” (“Notes on Sound”). Control of narrative space, and command of sound perspective strategies in the film demonstrate an exercise of the filmmaker’s philosophy. The film analysis herein, ...

Literature

In this essay, we will analyze the life and views of two prominent American figures Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin. Despite the fact that they live in the same time period they have completely different lifestyles and views. They both tried to come up to perfection and did it in their own particular way. This is the main question of the essay. The comparison of two views will be presented with the help of the analysis of Jonathan Edwards’ works ‘Resolutions’, ‘Personal Narrative’ and Benjamin Franklin’s ‘Poor Richard’s Almanacks’. In the analysis, the comparison of their views ...

Discussion: Public Relations

The most used media kit
The news release will be the most utilized tool by the press due to several reasons. First, it has huge viewership, and large populations around the world usually rely on news release for information. Secondly, more people tend to believe press releases than other media kits. Importantly, most people view this media kit as authentic, and that is why it is has gained trust. Thirdly, it is cost effective (Diggs-Brown, 2011). Compared to other media assets, the news release is relatively inexpensive, and it spreads virally.

Discussion: Intro to Law

Roles of law enforcement in the public and ...

For my community service project, I decided to volunteer at my local soup kitchen. The soup kitchen is run by the church that my family has been attending for many generations. Each week at church, there is a collection bin for donations to the soup kitchen. I have donated items in the past, but I wanted to do more to help those less fortunate. So, I called the pastor and asked about volunteer opportunities at the soup kitchen. The pastor got me in touch with the director of the soup kitchen and we arranged a time that I could ...

The third chapter of the book “The Age of American Unreason” written by Susan Jacoby explains the preconditions and consequences of the appearance of social Darwinian theory in the end of 19th century. The recent developments such as the end of Civil War affected the rearrangement of United States of America. It is worth to mention that in general country was rising after years of poverty and depression, it was paid much attention to the level of education and its quality, and the industries were developing very fast. As a result, America got their first millionaires who were skillfully ...

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Abstract

This essay revolves around the peasants’ war of 1524-2525. The peasants’ war, also known as the revolution of 1525, is the largest insurrection or revolt in the history of Europe before the French Revolution. The goal of this essay is to explain the history before the revolution on the administration, economic situation, the culture of the peasant in ration to their agrarian development and the different social classes that existed. The causes of the war outbreak, movements and the suppression of the peasants’ war 1524 are discussed in the essay. Under the leadership of Martin Luther and ...

Before the American Revolution, the most important controversy in Concord was the concern of the tax-supported church. The controversy also saw issues, whether the people in the faraway areas want to set up their own church or readmit to the Church of Concord. Dr. Joseph Lee was the focus of trouble. Another central figure was William Emerson, the new pastor of the church and the grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The government lowered the price of the commodities, tricking the colonists into accepting the tax. The community required a special force called Minutemen, who were the citizen soldiers in order ...

Ocean Trends

World ocean circulation experiment (WOCE) is a branch of the World Climate Research Program, formed with the aim of evaluating, and establishing the role of oceans in the climatic system on earth. The institution was formed in order to capture world ocean coverage adequately, especially in the southern hemisphere (McKibben, 2011). The scanty data that existed during summer and winter months also prompted the formation of the institution. The incomplete comparison of data collected from the study of ocean circulations led to the creation of WOCE for analysis of the data collected (Pastor, 2008).
Figure 1: WOCE Salinity Map ...

An overview

Introduction
In simplest of words, theology is the study of religions and religious beliefs. Some scholars choose to call it the science of deities and divinity. But atheistic scholars do not very much approve of theology as a viable branch of study or ‘science’. Nevertheless, theology has been helping religious people understand, follow and even reform their religions with time. The great theologians in history have acted like a guiding star to bring changes in religious beliefs and rituals. And in the course of past several centuries, the major religions in the world have been modified mainly because of these ...

- Romero, S. Brazilian Court Council Removes a Barrier to Same-Sex Marriage, The New York Times, 2013. Web. May 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/world/americas/brazilian-court-council-removes-a-barrier-to-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=0
The article talks about the how National Council of Justice of Brazil has ruled that “notary publics” in Brazil must perform marriages between individuals of the same sex. This is after the legalization of same-sex marriages in Brazil, the largest Latin American country, following the legalization of same-sex marriage by two of Brazil’s neighbors, Argentina and Uruguay. Brazil however, is still largely divided on this issue with several prominent political figures being very vocal about their anti-gay ...

- Brief Plot Summary
Losing the fate in God represents a tribulation moment in Ken Carpenter’s life, who feels distracted and uncomfortable. He suddenly believes that people are not the product of a miracle of God, but only accidental science, and he is very frustrated that he cannot understand the stars. His wife, Nancy cannot help him with his problem, but she suggests Ken to speak to reverend Todd. Reverend Todd understands that Ken’s only reason for feeling odd is the fact that his mother, Cammie is ill and demented and he advises Ken to go on a vacation ...

Introduction

In the Books of Joshua and Judges one focuses on the intrinsic importance of settling the land which was the main aspect of Joshua’s reign. This shows us that God was always at the forefront of his people and would always have helped them as they faced innumerable difficulties to settle the land.
In this way I would agree that God remains the most important part of any settlement and of any direct intervention through mankind. Here one can reflect on the elements of God’s relationship with man and his salvation and that Joshua had a similar ...