Hemphill, Kenneth S.

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HEMPHILL, Kenneth S.

HEMPHILL, Kenneth S. American, b. 1948. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Ordained Baptist minister, 1970. Calvary Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, NC, youth pastor, 1968-70; Wolf Creek Baptist Church, Battletown, KY, pastor, 1970-72; Meadow Hill Baptist Church, Louisville, KY, youth and education worker, 1973; Temple Southern Baptist Church, Little Stukeley, England, interim pastor, 1975; Wingate College, Wingate, NC, instructor in religion, 1976-77; First Baptist Church, Galax, VA, pastor, 1977-81; First Baptist Church of Norfolk, VA, pastor, 1981-92; Southern Baptist Center for Church Growth, Atlanta, GA, director, 1992-94; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, President, 1994; writer. Member of executive committees and boards of directors; Bible teacher on WTKR-Radio, Norfolk, 1984-85. Leader of Bible conferences in the United States and England. Publications: Spiritual Gifts: Empowering the New Testament Church, 1988; (with R.W. Jones) Growing an Evangelistic Sunday School, 1989; The Official Rule Book for the New Church Game, 1990; The Bonsai Theory of Church Growth, 1991; Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Discovering Your True Self through Spiritual Gifts, 1992; The Antioch Effect, 1994; Revitalizing the Sunday Morning Dinosaur, 1996. Address: c/o Casa Bautista de Publicaciones, PO Box 4255, 7000 Alabama St., El Paso, TX 79914, U.S.A.

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