Global Ministries Foundation’s
Stephen Olford Ministry legacy Project
Preach the Word. Reach the World.
Training pastors, evangelists, & Church Leaders around the world
to multiply effective and faithful biblical proclamation of the Word of God.
GMF’S STEPHEN OLFORD CENTER
4000 Riverdale Road,Memphis, TN 38115
our Mission
To extend and expand the preaching/teaching ministry of Dr. Stephen Olford by equipping, empowering, and entrusting faithful pastors and church leaders to conduct institutes and schools of expository preaching in their own countries, making the training relevant and transferable within their own cultures.
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Upcoming events
Check back regularly as we continue to add dates to our 2019 course schedule.
April 30-May 3: Expository Preaching and Teaching Essentials
Bringing together the spiritual, personal, and practical elements of expository preaching, in our startup course on expositional teaching you will learn:
1. Theological essentials of what expository preaching is and does, as well as its biblical authority
2. Practical essentials of the development and delivery of expository sermons
3. Spiritual formation of the preacher
4. Fundamental elements of incarnational preaching
5. The place of the Holy Spirit in preaching
This course begins at 8:30 AM Tuesday and concludes at 2 PM on Friday.
Register online or by phone 901.453.6422 or email bpeppenhorst@gmfonline.org.
May 6-9: Strengthening Expository Preaching
Strengthen your expository preaching skills in 3 areas:
1. Some of the challenging elements of the sermon that every preacher faces,
2. Some of the interpretive traps to avoid and guidelines to follow,
3. How to study, interpret, and sermonize some of the different types of biblical literature.
This course begins at 8:30 AM Monday and concludes at 2 PM on Thursday.
Register online or by phone 901.453.6422 or email bpeppenhorst@gmfonline.org.
Certificate Program
Students can earn a Certificate in Expository Preaching upon completion of the various courses above and additional focused reading assignments, preaching and writing assignments, and various practical assessments.Graduates will have the distintion of being “Stephen Olford Fellows,” which indicates a person’s commitment to expository preaching and a desire to promote expository preaching in the future.
All institutes are taught by:
Dr. Ted Rendall – resident minister and professor with Olford Ministries International and curator of the T.S. Rendall collection, a 30,000+ volume ministry research library, Chancellor Emeritus of Prairie Bible Institute,
Dr. David Olford – president of Olford Ministries International and resident lecturer at GMF’s Stephen Olford Center,
Dr. Stephen Olford (via DVD) – founder of Olford Ministries International and GMF’s Stephen Olford Center,
Guest lecturers – experienced preachers who are experts in their fields are sometimes invited to supplement curriculum. Guest lecturers will be noted in the course descriptions above when possible.
STORIES FROM THE PROJECT
How GMF’s SOML project is empowering expository preaching training.
Host your own institute
- Gather a group
- Pick an institute or have us customize one for you
- Choose a date and location
Can’t come to us? We’ll come to you!
“Ministry to ministers is ministry to multitudes!”
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