PETITION FOR COURSE CREDIT 1 of 4


NAME: Edward G. Rice SS#: XXX-XX-XXXX DATE: 1 Aug 2010


COURSE NAME: EVANGELISTIC PREACHING (BIB502)


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Study and delivery of sermons in a regularly scheduled service.



COMPETENCY STATEMENT:

During my 29 years of ministry, both as an associate pastor, for 14 years, and as a senior pastor for 15 years, I have been involved in the preaching of evangelistic messages in several diverse environments.



EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ANALYSIS


CONCRETE EXPERIENCE: See Resume attached below.


LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  1. Evangelical outreach and to some extent even evangelical preaching is used in the preparation and teaching of weekly Sunday School teaching in a Jr. Boys and Teen SS class.

  2. The weekly preparation of messages for Jr. Church programs involves the careful development and delivery of evangelical messages.

  3. The development and delivery of messages at Nursing home facilities, necessitates careful evangelical preaching.

  4. The development and delivery of messages in jails and prisons necessitates careful and often blunt evangelical preaching.

  5. The preaching of the gospel on the street involves thoughtful and proficient evangelical preaching.

  6. As a pastor the weekly preaching of God's word in the local church, in order to fulfill the commission to “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” necessitates careful development and delivery of evangelical preaching.


Pastor Edward Rice



Good Samaritan Baptist Church


PETITION FOR COURSE CREDIT 2 of 4


NAME: Edward G. Rice SS#: XXX-XX-XXXX DATE: 1 Aug 2010


COURSE NAME: TOPICAL PREACHING (BIB503)


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Development and delivery of topical messages




COMPETENCY STATEMENT:

During my 29 years of ministry, both as an associate pastor, for 14 years, and as a senior pastor for 15 years, I have been involved in the preaching of topical messages in several diverse environments.



EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ANALYSIS


CONCRETE EXPERIENCE: See Resume attached below.


LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  1. Topical preaching is extensively learned in the preparation and teaching of weekly Sunday School teaching in a Jr. Boys and Teen SS class.

  2. The weekly preparation of messages for Jr. Church programs involves the development and delivery of topical messages.

  3. The development and delivery of messages at Nursing home facilities necessitates careful use of topical messages.

  4. The development and delivery of messages in jails and prisons necessitates careful use of topical messages.

  5. As a pastor the weekly preaching of God's word in the local church, in order to fulfill the commission of “teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” necessitates careful development and delivery of topical messages and series of messages.



Pastor Edward Rice



Good Samaritan Baptist Church

PETITION FOR COURSE CREDIT 3 of 4


NAME: Edward G. Rice SS#: XXX-XX-XXXX DATE: 1 Aug 2010



COURSE NAME: CM501—HOMILETICS I


COURSE DESCRIPTION:


This course is a study of the roots of contemporary preaching, contemporary preaching methods, preparing the various types of sermons, and the relationship between preaching and the biblical text.


COMPETENCY STATEMENT:

During my 29 years of ministry, both as an associate pastor, for 14 years, and as a senior pastor for 15 years, I have been involved in every aspect of the


EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ANALYSIS


CONCRETE EXPERIENCE: See Resume attached below.



LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  1. The weekly preparation of messages for Jr. Church programs and the training of new workers to teach and preach in this environment necessitates study in homiletics.

  2. The development and delivery of messages at Nursing home facilities and the training of other preachers to do the same necessitates careful understanding of preaching methods, types of sermons and exposition of Biblical texts.

  3. The development and delivery of messages in jails and prisons and the training of others to accomplish this task necessitates study and understanding in homiletics.

  4. As a pastor the weekly preaching of God's word in the local church, in order to fulfill the responsibilities of an undershepherd necessitates careful development and delivery of messages with homiletic insights.

  5. As a pastor the training of perspective preachers in Bible Institute Course material necessitates extensive knowledge of homiletics.



Pastor Edward Rice



Good Samaritan Baptist Church

PETITION FOR COURSE CREDIT 4 of 4


NAME: Edward G. Rice SS#: XXX-XX-XXXX DATE: 1 Aug 2010



COURSE NAME: CM504 PASTORAL CHURCH ADMINISTRATION.


COURSE DESCRIPTION:


In a local church setting, the Pastor-learner will evaluate his own administration of church affairs, leadership style, and overall operation.


COMPETENCY STATEMENT:

During my 29 years of ministry, both as an associate pastor, for 14 years, and as a senior pastor for 15 years, I have been involved in every aspect of the administration of church affairs, been through several military leadership training seminars, and been involved in overall operations of 5 different Baptist Churches.




EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ANALYSIS


CONCRETE EXPERIENCE: See Resume attached below.


LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  1. Organizing and operating the Bus ministry in local Baptist Churches requires evaluation of ones own administration and leadership styles.

  2. Organizing and operating the Junior Church outreach of local Baptist Churches requires evaluation of ones own administration and leadership styles as well as the overall operation.

  3. Organizing and operating the Teen Youth Group of local Baptist Churches requires evaluation of ones own administration and leadership styles as well as the overall operation.

  4. Organizing and operating a local New Testament Baptist Church requires evaluation of ones own administration and leadership styles as well as the overall operation.



Pastor Edward Rice



Good Samaritan Baptist Church

RESUME July 2010

Baptist Preacher Edward Gorden Rice Phone: 607-292-6639

9511 W. Waneta Lake Rd, Hammondsport New York 14840

1. OBJECTIVE: I am a 57 year old retired USAF Electrical Engineer pastoring an Independent Baptist Church and pursuing my Masters of Theological Studies at Louisiana Baptist University. For the cause of Christ, I am submitting this resume for consideration of life application credits in that pursuit. Thank you for considering this resume for advancing applicable life application credits.

2. CREDENTIALS:
 Ordination:
Ordained as a Baptist Preacher on 8 March 1998, at Good Samaritan Baptist Church, Dresden NY, through Friendship Baptist Church, Rome NY
 License: Licensed To Preach, 19 Mar 95 by Friendship Baptist Church, Rome NY
 Surrender: Public Surrender to Preach on 3 July 1992, Hoosier Hills Baptist Camp, Versailles,Ind
                      (Ref Evang Clarence Doyle, 812-689-5157)

3. EDUCATION:

Twenty hours towards a Masters of Divinity Degree, Sep 2003, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1380 Valley Forge Road, Lansdale, PA 19446

Masters Electrical Engineer, Mar 92, Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT/RRD, Bldg 125, 2950 P Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765

Bachelor Electrical Engineer, Mar 82, The Ohio State University, 1800 Cannon Drive, Columbus, OH

Associate Jun 78 Associate In Applied Science, Department of the Air Force, Community College of the Air Force (ATC), Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236

High School, Jun 1970, Corning Painted Post West High School, Painted Post, New York

4. EXPERIENCE: PASTORAL:

01/98- Present Senior Pastor, Good Samaritan Baptist Church, 54 Main St. Dresden, NY 14441 (315) 536-0878

02/95- 06/1997 Pastor, New Hope Bible Church, Dundee NY (Dissolved 1998)

9/99- 06/2008 Teaching 9th-12th High School Math & Science Curriculum's in area Baptist Christian Academies in Bath, Seneca Falls, and East Corning, New York (See Ref Below)

01/92- 09/1993 Associate Pastor , Youth Pastor at Jewell Baptist Chapel, Cleveland N.Y.

09/89-12/1991 Youth Director/Worker at Friendship Baptist Church, Rome NY.

06/85-08/1989 Teen Director, Youth Director, at Huber Heights Baptist Temple, Huber Heights Ohio.

06/82-03/1984 Youth Pastor, Bus Captain, Choir Director, Westbrook Baptist Church, Clovis New Mexico

ENGINEERING:

02/95- 09/1998 Systems Engineering Consultant, TS-Clearance, Monitoring two USAF R&D Multivariate Statistical Analysis contracts for Rome Laboratories, Rome NY

07/89- 03/1995 Systems Engineer, Active Duty USAF, TS-Clearance, Monitoring multiple USAF R&D efforts for USAF detection, surveillance, and weapon systems, Rome Laboratories, Griffiss AFB, NY

07/85-07/1989 Systems Engineer, Active Duty USAF, TS+ Clearance, Weapon System Development, Weapon Integration Development, Surveillance System Development and USAF System level Contract Management, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio.

07/82- 07/1985 Electrical Engineer, Active Duty USAF, Monitor airfield and airbase electrical distribution system design, resource management supervisor, supervising eight. Cannon AFB, New Mexico, and Shemya AFB, Alaska

03/72- 07/1982 Electronics Technician, Active Duty USAF, TS-Clearance, Weapon System Analysts, Griffiss AFB, NY

5. PERSONAL: Born: 30 June 1952 in Corning New York, Age 57

Graduated: Corning Painted Post West High School, 1970, Enlisted USAF 1972

Married: to Beverly Rice of Addison Nov 1971, still so.

Health: Excellent Health, 230 lbs, jogger, construction worker, and outdoorsman.

Children: 3 Sons, all Married, Michael, SSgt-USArmy; Shane, Missionary to Lima Peru; and Matthew, Construction, Hamilton NY; and 11 grand children.

6. REFERENCE:

Pastor Terry Fenton, Seneca Falls Bible Baptist, 1849 Auburn Ave, Seneca Falls, NY 13148 (315) 568-9100

Pastor Ron Abersol, Central Baptist Church, 11791 E. Corning Rd., Corning, NY, 14830 (607) 962-4088

Pastor Jeff Carpentor, Friendship Baptist Church, Rt-5 Box 311 Rd 46/49, Rome, NY 13440 (315) 336-2963

Contact me for additional references.


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Edward G. Rice