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Mike Bullmore: Can I be Saved without Knowing Jesus?

Mike Bullmore is the keynote speaker at this year’s Toronto Pastors Conference (read about it here). Our theme this year will be ‘Gospel Connections: Keeping the death and resurrection of Jesus at the centre of everything.’
In this video Mike is answering the question, ‘Can a person come to a saving knowledge of God without hearing [...]

You Play Kirk Wellum

What are the most pressing issues facing the church in our current day? What theological and doctrinal problems will we see coming to the forefront in the coming decade? What are the errors that we most need to confront in our preaching and teaching ministries today? What issues do pastors in particular and Christians in general [...]

A Competent Pastor?

What makes a pastor competent? What is it that equips him for his task in ministry?
A quick look at the job postings from a lot of churches across North America list all kinds of requirements.

Good with time management
Young
Humorous
Outgoing
Gifted & dynamic speaker
Good with young people
A seminary degree
And the list goes on…

Are these really the things that [...]

Preaching God

 
This coming Monday is the final monthly meeting of the Toronto Pastors Fellowship for the 2008-2009 season. While I’m sad that it will be over for the next several months, I can’t wait for Monday to come, because the paper will be great!
I’ve just had a chance to read over Pastor Darryl Dash’s paper on [...]

Audio Review of ‘the Shack’ by Tim Challies

On Monday at the Toronto Pastors Fellowship, during the Q&A, Tim Challies was asked to give a brief review of the bestselling book, the Shack.
Note that this review was given off-the-cuff in a Q&A session. Tim has done a thorough review of the book for you to read here.
But, if you’re lazy and would prefer [...]

Tim Challies’ Admonition to Toronto Pastors

Yesterday was the March meeting of the Toronto Pastors Fellowship–and it was a blessing!
Friend and fellow church-member, Tim Challies, brought the charge, ‘Pastor, Train Your People to Think Biblically!’ The audio and text are now both available online. Click here to check out the paper and the mp3.
Here’s an excerpt:
I think we ought to pause [...]

Toronto Pastors Conference 2009: Building Healthy Churches

We are thrilled to announce that registration for the 2009 edition of the Toronto Pastors Conference is now open!
If you are a pastor or a church leader–or just interested in knowing how to serve to build Christ’s church–we would love to have you join us on June 1-3, 2009 at Richview Baptist Church here in [...]

TPF Preview: Preaching is More Than Lecturing

One of the best things about serving with the Toronto Pastors Fellowship is that I get to read the papers ahead of time. I thought that this time I might share a tiny, little bit of that blessing with you.
Here is a sneak peek at a the paper Dr Pierre Constant will be presenting at the [...]

Free Resources for Download

I just wanted to pass along word to those of you (especially those outside the GTA) who haven’t been able to make it out to the Toronto Pastors Fellowship meetings. Our media library contains all the messages (as well as the papers, in pdf format) that have been delivered at our monthly gatherings. There are also [...]

Love Your Wife!

 
Yesterday we had our December meeting of the Toronto Pastors Fellowship. What a blessing it was!
Pastor Tim Kerr of Sovereign Grace Church Toronto gave us a presentation titled, ‘Pastor, Love Your Wife!’ It was an excellent message. It was theological, cross-centred, and ultimately practical.
While the paper itself was good, the presentation of it was even [...]

Still Busy… But Excited!

There are at least two things keeping me busy–but also keeping me quite excited right now.
The first is preparing to preach for this Sunday at GFC. We’re going through a series on our 5 Core Values right now. The first two message have been on (1) Truth, and (2) Humility. If the Lord is willing, [...]

And We Are Live!

And the site is live! Check out the new website for the Toronto Pastors Fellowship. Thanks to Challies for the design.
Make sure to pass on the word–and please, let your pastors know!

It’s Coming…

One of the things I’m super-excited to be involved with this Autumn is the Toronto Pastors Fellowship. It’s a ministry to pastors of various denominations in and around the GTA.
We’ll be meeting monthly for the presentation of a paper geared at admonishing and encouraging pastors. After the paper there will be refreshments, then a Q&A [...]

Free Sermons for Download

As promised, the audio recordings from the messages at this year’s SGF Pastors’ Conference is now available for free download from our SermonAudio site.
Click here to view all the messages from this year’s conference.
As previously stated, the main speaker was Dr. Tom Schreiner, author and professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was speaking to [...]

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