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The INUMC Festival of Young Preachers will showcase and encourage thirty young people (14-28 years old) who aspire to be preachers of the Gospel. Young people affiliated with a United Methodist campus ministry or local church in Indiana are invited to participate. A $30 registration fee per young preacher is required and hosting churches/institutions are encouraged to sponsor the young preacher.
Attendees and guests of the INUMC Annual Conference session as well as those who happen to be visiting the Indy area or wish to support a young preacher are invited to attend this Thursday morning event to celebrate, be inspired, and encourage these young preachers as they deliver their sermons. There is no fee for attendees and guests to attend the Festival.
The celebration will continue with the Eat, Preach, and Praise Dinner on Thursday which will highlight young voices in ministry through music and spoken word that evening (must register for the dinner through the Annual Conference meal options).
What is a Festival of Young Preachers?
A Festival of Young Preachers is a one-of-a-kind event designed by the Academy of Preachers (AoP) to showcase and encourage young people who aspire to be preachers of the Gospel. The AoP’s mission is to identify these young people while cultivating within them the conviction that Gospel preaching is a vocation of great social and spiritual significance and is worthy of their very best. A Festival of Young Preachers is not a competition. It is a celebration, an inspiration, an occasion of mutual edification and encouragement. Young preachers, ages 14-28, participate in these unique events all throughout the nation.
About the National Festival of Young Preachers
If participants of the INUMC Festival of Young Preachers choose to, they may wish to participate in the 2016 National Festival of Young Preachers that will be held in Lexington, Kentucky, January 2-5, 2016. More information regarding the National Festival of Young Preachers will be available at the INUMC Festival of Young Preachers.
The National Festival of Young Preachers includes young preachers from every Christian tradition (Evangelical, Orthodox, Protestant, Pentecostal, and Roman Catholic). Each preacher is encouraged to preach at each Festival precisely as they would in their home environment: dress, text, voice, style, substance, whatever! This diversity has proven to be one of the most transformational elements about the gathering. A sample of this broad constituency can be viewed on the AoP , where many of the sermon videos are posted.
Attendees and guests of the INUMC Annual Conference session as well as those who happen to be visiting the Indy area or wish to support a young preacher are invited to attend this Thursday morning event to celebrate, be inspired, and encourage these young preachers as they deliver their sermons. There is no fee for attendees and guests to attend the Festival.
The celebration will continue with the Eat, Preach, and Praise Dinner on Thursday which will highlight young voices in ministry through music and spoken word that evening (must register for the dinner through the Annual Conference meal options).
What is a Festival of Young Preachers?
A Festival of Young Preachers is a one-of-a-kind event designed by the Academy of Preachers (AoP) to showcase and encourage young people who aspire to be preachers of the Gospel. The AoP’s mission is to identify these young people while cultivating within them the conviction that Gospel preaching is a vocation of great social and spiritual significance and is worthy of their very best. A Festival of Young Preachers is not a competition. It is a celebration, an inspiration, an occasion of mutual edification and encouragement. Young preachers, ages 14-28, participate in these unique events all throughout the nation.
About the National Festival of Young Preachers
If participants of the INUMC Festival of Young Preachers choose to, they may wish to participate in the 2016 National Festival of Young Preachers that will be held in Lexington, Kentucky, January 2-5, 2016. More information regarding the National Festival of Young Preachers will be available at the INUMC Festival of Young Preachers.
The National Festival of Young Preachers includes young preachers from every Christian tradition (Evangelical, Orthodox, Protestant, Pentecostal, and Roman Catholic). Each preacher is encouraged to preach at each Festival precisely as they would in their home environment: dress, text, voice, style, substance, whatever! This diversity has proven to be one of the most transformational elements about the gathering. A sample of this broad constituency can be viewed on the AoP , where many of the sermon videos are posted.
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