Online Articles
Reverse Mentoring
The world is changing so fast that older leaders may find themselves feeling like the citizens of an endangered culture. In an article for Ministry Today I describe the benefits of older leaders learning from the young by reverse mentoring. Check out the excerpt.
Passing the Leadership Baton in Our Churches appeared in Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox as an adaption of Chapter 12 from Off-Road Diciplines.
The Azusa Effect with the three subcultures that are warring for market share within Pentecostalism and some suggestions for a more viable future.
Fighting the Future examines the struggle for tomorrow’s Pentecostalism and the potential that the stuggle holds. Readers’ Response to Fighting the Future
What is the Future of Ministry in the US? looks at the cultural conditions in which ministry leaders will have to work in the next 20 years.
I Am a Practical Theologian is a personal manifesto on the integration of theology and ministry practice.
Disciplemaking in a Postmodern World looks at exactly what the title implies.
Paul Guttke’s 2002 essay, Community-Oriented Global Development in a Postmodern World: Heaven or Hell for Conservative Evangelical Missions discusses my “Disciplemaking in a Postmodern World” article.
Ministry to the Nouveau Family is an attempt to unpack where families are in the 21st century and how ministry can reach out to them.
In the School of Death was written in response to my father’s funeral and the things his death taught me about life and ministry. En la escuela de la muerte
The High-Turnover Small Church was written when I was pastoring a H-TSC and reflects on the many positives of that situation.
Questions You Need to Ask Before Accepting a Ministry Position is an article by Cory Miller that draws on an interview and my essay, “Confessions of a Professional Interviewee.”
Singular Opportunity: Reaching Unmarried America depicts the challenge and the potential of ministry among today’s unmarries Americans.
A Leader Worth Following originally appeared in my Leading Edge email newsletter.
Sin and Salvation is a brief overview of these two subjects in non-academic terms.
God’s 10 Words describes the nature and function of the 10 Commandments.
It’s Not Rocket Science deals with the power of simplicity to create ministry excellence.
Category X is all about cultivating creativity in leadership.
Water Baptism and Communion: Two Ordinances, Three Tenses discusses these two practices in non-academic language.
Identifying Ministry Gifts looks at how to identify and grow your giftedness
Premarital Coaching is based on a system we used in one of our pastorates to help couples prepare for marriage.
Is Christian Leadership Unique asks what Christians offer in leadership that an equally gifted atheist could not.
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Earl Creps—a popular speaker and leader—is director of the Doctor of Ministry program and associate professor at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS) in Springfield, Missouri. He has been a pastor, ministries consultant, and university professor. Along the way, Creps earned a Ph.D. in communication at Northwestern University and a doctor of ministry degree in leadership at AGTS.
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