David K. Bernard is the general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International, which has over three million constituents in forty thousand churches in 195 nations. He founded New Life United Pentecostal Church of Austin, Texas, out of which sixteen additional churches were started under his leadership. He is also the founding president of Urshan College and Urshan Graduate School of Theology. He earned a doctor of jurisprudence with honors from the University of Texas, a doctor of theology from the University of South Africa, and a bachelor of arts magna cum laude in mathematical sciences and managerial studies from Rice University. The author of thirty-one books with circulation of over 750,000, he has been published in about forty languages and has ministered in fifty-five countries on six continents. He and his wife, Connie, have three children and several grandchildren.
Ministerial Development
The Minister's Preparation - Lesson Four
Lesson 4. The Minister’s Preparation and Attitude
Preparation
I Timothy 4:13-16
A. Biblical study
1. Reading
2. Exhortation
3. Doctrine
B. Spirituality
1. Spiritual anointing and gifts
2. Meditation and prayer
3. Dedication and devotion
4. Diligence and visible progress
C. Continuing in the faith
1. Personal life
2. Doctrine
3. In doing so, will save self and others
Attitude
I Thessalonians 2:1-12
A. Holy boldness
B. Honesty
C. Stewardship of God’s gospel
1. Speaking to please God, not humans
2. Not influenced by flattery
3. Not influenced by greed or self-gratification
4. Not influenced by a desire for glory or self-exaltation
D. Stewardship of people
1. Gentleness: bold yet caring, speaking the truth yet in love, Ephesians 4:15
2. Nurturing, cherishing: like a mother nursing a child
3. Affection, longing
4. Devotion of life for others, servanthood
5. Labor, not wanting to be a burden on others
E. Christian example
1. Devotion
2. Righteousness
3. Blamelessness
4. Exhortation
5. Comfort
6. Fatherhood (note: like father and mother)
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