My Ministry Resume
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Expanded Philosophy of Ministry
Note: This expands on what I state in my resume about how I think about ministry.


Statement of Faith
I compiled this from several sources. Why reinvent the wheel, right? It basically summarizes my core beliefs. I thought about pointing to the Baptist Faith and Message on the Internet, but I found myself asking, "Which version?" I could have gone with the 1925 version which the more recent versions are based on, but then I'm sure somebody would have said, "Well, what about ...?" referring to something in the changes made in 1963, 1988, and 2000 version of the BFM. I also thought about going back to something like the Westminster Confession, Spurgeon's Catechism, or the 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith, but I figured that it might be not just a little deeper than most folks would like to get into in a quick trip to my site.

If you want to compare the BFM versions side-by-side, go ahead and knock yourself out! Click here. And here's more info on the various confessions. And if you're really interested in reading even more, click here.

I prefer to give a basic, "This is what I believe,"  and leave it at that. Of course, I believe a lot of things that aren't spelled out in this Statement, but it gives you a flavor of the fact that I believe in a wholly reliable Bible and its teachings as seen in the life in the First Century and reiterated in the Reformation.

In the past couple of years, I've come to a point of exhaustion in trying to reconcile terminology and splitting definitional hairs that separate various groups of Believers. We need to agree on some basic essential doctrines and realize that we can agree to disagree on the rest of it and not divide fellowship over such matters. Some great theologian said that we should have ...