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title: 'The Essentials of a Successful Long Pastorate'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Joseph Hiram Lumpkin'
date: 1917-03-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Creation and Evolution'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Titus 1'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/lumpkin-1917-the-essentials-of-a-successful-long-pastorate
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# The Essentials of a Successful Long Pastorate

Two essays: one defends Genesis against higher criticism and evolution, arguing for divine moral origins. The other outlines essentials of a long pastorate—character, prayer, study, preaching, and pastoral vigor.

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