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BRIEF: Efird to host Bible workshops

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WILMINGTON | Popular minister, author and Bible teacher Dr. James "Mickey" Efird will lead a workshop on the New Testament book of Romans, Friday and Saturday at Wrightsville United Methodist Church.

Sessions will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday in the church at 4 Live Oak Parkway in Wrightsville Beach. Sessions are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is suggested. For details, call the church at 256-4471.

A professor emeritus at Duke University Divinity School, Efird is the author of 13 books and has written Sunday school curriculums used in a number of churches. He has taught and preached at churches throughout North Carolina, and his former students include three of Wrightsville's pastors.


– Ben Steelman

Topics: Faith, Doctrine & Practice, Leaders & Institutions
Beliefs: Christian - Protestant
Tags: bible, efird

Aaron Marshall

Aaron is the Ratio Christi Chapter Director at the University of North Carolina Wilmington as well as the Regional Director for North Carolina and will write about Christian Apologetics for Wilmington Faith & Values. 
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