POM Supplement

The links below offer multiple presentations for many of the Philosophy of Ministry classes at YLT. "Why?" you ask...(1) The COVID condensed schedule at YLT 21 only allowed for a POM crash course for Year 1's and also eliminated the traditional Year 2 POM follow up classes. (2) The POM is best understood and applied when you take them time to marinate in it...so here ya go - enjoy wallowing around in it!  Each of these teachers know the POM well and have applied it to years of ministry in multiple contexts.  They each present it in helpful ways that are a little different.  Hopefully this will be as beneficial for you as it has been for me in not only getting a better grasp of what the POM is, but also why it is so important for you in ministry! 

Philosophy of Ministry Diagrams

POM Overview

The Tree

The Rocket

The Kite

The Pentagon

Year 1

Introduction to the Philosophy of Ministry

• Rev. Richie Sessions (2020)
• Rev. John Stone (2019)
• Rev. Buck Rogers (2017) - Part 1 & Part 2 (the intro class was divided into two sections in 2017)

Presuppositions

• Rev. Richie Sessions (2020)
• Rev. Joey Stewart (2017) - Church and the Family
• Rev. Michael Hall (2020/YLT Nashville) - Church and the Family

Principles

• Rev. Richie Sessions (2020) - The second half of this recording is "Principles".  The first half is GREAT content on "Christ Centered Teaching"
• Rev. John Stone (2018)
• Rev. Justin Clement (2017)
• Rev. Brent Harriman (2015) - Principles: The Holy Spirit's Change Agents in Ministry (this is a video, our presentation of and understanding of the material has developed some since this recording, but Brent is great...well worth a listen - and watch!)

Year 2

Growing Deeper in the Philosophy of Ministry

• Rev. Les Newsom (2019) - "Growing in the POM"
• Rev. Les Newsom (2019) - "Living in the POM"
• Rev. Justin Clement (2017) - "Growing Deeper in the POM #1"
• Rev. Justin Clement (2017) - "Growing Deeper in the POM #2"

Group Dynamics and Development

• Rev. Buck Rogers (2017)

One on One Ministry - This isn't necessarily "Year 2 material" but these two seminars got great feedback, so I wanted to include them.  

• Rev. Kurt Cooper (2019)
• Rev. Kurt Cooper (2016)