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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave Jenkins and Charles Wingard have a wide-ranging discussion about ministry leaders growing in grace themselves, serving others in their local churches, and equipping the people of God for ministry, along with his book, Help for the New Pastors: Practical Advice for Your First Year of Ministry (P&R, 2018).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- Advice to men sensing a call to ministry and who have had some confirmation of a call to ministry from their pastors and ministries.
- The importance of open and honest communication between men who sense a call with their pastor.
- The importance of theological education for ministry.
- Advice to a new pastor just starting out preaching his first few sermons to his congregation.
- Some things for pastors to keep in mind when dealing with conflict in the church.
- Some proper guidelines for pastors and church members to keep in mind as they engage in hospital or hospice care ministry.
- Some of the best ways of dealing with challenging counseling cases in ministry.
- Advice to pastors and ministry leaders on conducting their first funeral.
- The importance of pastors and ministry leaders continuing to grow in the grace of God themselves.
- Some of the best practices pastors and ministry leaders should engage in to remain faithful and effective in ministry.
- The importance of pastors and ministry leaders opening their homes and engaging in hospitality.
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.
Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.
He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
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When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.
Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
