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Welcome to The Master Preacher!<\/p>\n
A ministry of the Friends Preaching Initiative at Barclay College, The Master Preacher is written by a
preacher with exploring, aspiring, and active preachers in mind. Even more than pulpit ministry, The
Master Preacher aims to encourage Friends in the vocal ministry in whatever form it takes: teaching,
open worship, sharing faith, evangelism, and speaking the truth in love. You may proclaim Christ
occasionally in one of these ways\u2014or weekly. Let\u2019s learn from the Master Preacher, Jesus.<\/p>\n
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Jeff Blackburn has been proclaiming Christ for over 43 years. He served Friends congregations in Indiana and Kansas. His most recent pastoral assignment was with Greensburg Mennonite Church, Greensburg, Kansas, where he enjoyed nearly 30 years of ministry before being called to coordinate the Friends Preaching Initiative in 2024. He works with aspiring preachers and ministry students on campus, often preaches in churches in the region. He developed three new courses for a preaching certificate offered through Barclay College, and he created a preaching lab for Barclay students to work on their communication skills.<\/span><\/p>\n Jeff grew up in small-town Indiana, attending Quaker Haven Camp every summer before counseling\u00a0and directing camps. He is a graduate of Barclay College and Huntington University. He wrote for Adult Friend and The Fruit of the Vine (Barclay Press, Newberg, Oregon) for many years. Jeff enjoys music and singing, although he can\u2019t read music very well. He continues to serve as the moderator for local schools\u2019 spelling bees.<\/span><\/p>\n Jeff has written one book, Light at the End of the Funnel (Amazon, 2017) recounting the experience of surviving an EF5 tornado that devastated his town in 2007. He and his wife live in Greensburg where they are near enough to play with their grandchildren on a regular basis. The Lord put it in his heart to help train the next wave of preachers and to encourage active ministers to \u201cPreach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage\u2014with great patience and careful instruction\u201d (2 Timothy 4:2).<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to The Master Preacher! A ministry of the Friends Preaching Initiative at Barclay College, The Master Preacher is written by apreacher with exploring, aspiring, and active preachers in mind. Even more than pulpit ministry, TheMaster Preacher aims to encourage Friends in the vocal ministry in whatever form it takes: teaching,open worship, sharing faith, evangelism, and speaking the truth in love. You may proclaim Christoccasionally in one of these ways\u2014or weekly. Let\u2019s learn from the Master Preacher, Jesus.ABOUT Jeff Blackburn has been proclaiming Christ for over 43 years. He served Friends congregations in Indiana and Kansas. His most recent pastoral assignment was with Greensburg Mennonite Church, Greensburg, Kansas, where he enjoyed nearly 30 years of ministry before being called to coordinate the Friends Preaching Initiative in 2024. He works with aspiring preachers and ministry students on campus, often preaches in churches in the region. He developed three new courses for a preaching certificate offered through Barclay College, and he created a preaching lab for Barclay students to work on their communication skills. Jeff grew up in small-town Indiana, attending Quaker Haven Camp every summer before counseling\u00a0and directing camps. He is a graduate of Barclay College and Huntington University. He wrote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-658","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/658\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barclaycollege.edu\/fpi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}