Background
Hull, William Edward was born on May 28, 1930 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of William Edward and Margaret (King) Hull.
(Hull challenges pastors and church leaders to follow a ne...)
Hull challenges pastors and church leaders to follow a new paradigm in pastoral ministry-one that utilized pulpit ministry to achieve the strategic goals of the church by challenging the congregation to move towards God's calling. Combining studies in Bible, homiletics, secular leadership, and church leadership, this book enters a complex field and creates a challenging call to preachers to unify their tasks as ministers and as strategic church leaders. Out of his experience as a pastor, seminary professor, administrator, and workshop leader, Hull cites personal case studies to show how preaching can nudge a church to achieve the courageous goals its strategic planners have set out.
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(We live in a fractured world. Deep cleavages divide into ...)
We live in a fractured world. Deep cleavages divide into competing camps those who could helpfully enrich and balance each other. As hostilities deepen, collaboration becomes impossible. Impasses develop that thwart any hope of progress. We lament destructive polarization in the political process, but the same kind of fragmentation has compromised the unity of most Christian denominations. When a rupture occurs, each side spends more time and energy attacking the other side than they do combating the true enemies of the faith. What is to be done about the tendency of the church to war with itself in ways that lead, not to reform, but to rigidity? Rather than turning to contemporary management theory for one more book on conflict resolution, Hull goes to the New Testament because he finds there the same challenges that confront us today such as ethnic and national differences, the role of women, and lay-clergy tensions. Taking us on a fascinating tour of the Jerusalem Temple, the author shows how this agenda became expressed in the architecture of the holiest shrine in Judaism. Against this unfamiliar background, Hull then shows how early Christianity overcame these limitations to become a world religion open to all on equal terms. Two contributors to this achievement are singled out for special study the work of Jesus in redefining his religious heritage, and the strategy of Paul in guiding his young churches to overcome internal controversy. Here we have interpretation by a New Testament scholar and application by a veteran pastor who has been in the thick of church controversy throughout his sixty-year ministry.
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Hull, William Edward was born on May 28, 1930 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of William Edward and Margaret (King) Hull.
Bachelor, Samford University, 1951. Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1960.
Postgraduate, University Gottingen, Germany, 1962—1963. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1971. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Samford University, 2008.
Pastor, Beulah Baptist Church, Wetumpka, Alabama, 1950-1951; pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Owenton, Kentucky, 1952-1953; pastor, 1st Baptist Church, New Castle, Kentucky, 1953-1958; from instructor to associate professor, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1954-1967; professor, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1967-1975; dean theology and provost, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1969-1975; pastor, 1st Baptist Church, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1975-1987; provost, Samford U., Birmingham, Alabama, 1987-1996; university professor, Samford U., Birmingham, Alabama, since 1996.
(Hull challenges pastors and church leaders to follow a ne...)
(We live in a fractured world. Deep cleavages divide into ...)
(Book by Hull, William E.)
(Book by Hull, William E)
Member Futureshape Shreveport (Louisiana) Commission, 1985-1987. Member National Association Baptist professors Religion (president 1967-1968), American Academy Religion, Society Biblical Literature, The Club (Birmingham), Vestavia Country Club (Birmingham), Rotary, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Julia Wylodine Hester, July 26, 1952. Children: David William, Susan Virginia.