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Speaking Opportunities

 

I’d like to preach at your church.

 

No! I don’t want your pastor’s job. I retired at the end of 2017 after forty-seven years in the pastorate. For the last twenty-three of those years I happily served a Baptist church in Allentown, PA. I love proclaiming God’s word, and I am looking for opportunites to serve in other churches.

 

Possible Ways to Use Me

I am available for Sunday pulpit supply or for a brief series of messages during a conference or retreat. I can preach messages related to my books, The Beauty of God and Limping Christians. Other topics of special interest to me are the Holy Trinity and the essential doctrines of the Reformation. I would also enjoy developing a series of messages to fit the needs of your group—perhaps a series on difficult passages or doctrines of the Bible, a series on how to enjoy God, or a series on the mortification of sin.

 

I would characterize my preaching as—

• Exegetical. A message must be true to the text.

• Theological. I tend to look for the broader theological implications of a passage.

• Christological. If He isn’t central in a message, it is not worth preaching.

• Applicational. People need to see how the truths of God’s word make a difference in their lives.

 

My Background

1970 BA from Moody Bible Institute (Pastor/Greek Emphasis)

1976 MA in Old Testament from Talbot Seminary

1985 PhD in Reformation and Post-Reformation Studies from Westminster Seminary

1994-Present, Pastor of Grace Community Church

 

• Founding board member for the now defunct Conservative Baptist Seminary of the East.

• Religion column several times a year for the Allentown Morning Call newspaper

• Contributor to the Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1720-1860 (1996)

• Author of several books. For descriptions of the books, see www.Godisbeautiful.com.

 

Contact Information

 

861 Winterberry Trail

Boone, NC 28607

828-963-2490                                                                                             

JKLaShell@Godisbeautiful.com

References available on request