During my last 8 years as Senior Pastor at Kentwood Community Church (KCC) we utilized a Teaching Team for communicating in our midweek and weekend worship services. Many people have asked me about why we went to this approach and how we worked as a team. The approach has been used in churches served byRead the Rest... ...
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SERMON: Anger Avenue DOWNLOAD: Sermon Audio (.mp3) | Sermon Outline (.pdf) Introduction: Pastor John Bray has spent 39 of his 40 years of pastoral ministry as Senior Pastor of Heritage Church, now a multi-site mega-church in Iowa. The church has a mix of new believers and long-time disciples. When asked what advice he would giveRead the Rest... ...
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In a few sentences, what are some of the characteristics that make Wesleyan homiletics unique? While we have so much in common with the preaching convictions of various streams in the Christian movement, what are some of the distinct traits of Wesleyan preaching, in particular, in terms of sermon preparation, content, delivery, and goals? ...
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News flash for all preachers: “Constantine’s dead, get over it!” In his book, The Reality of the Gospel and the Unreality of the Churches, John Douglas Hall states that, “Today’s preachers have been formed by ‘the Constantinian assumption’ that the kingdom of God and the outward and visible church are identical.” Hall wrote this 1975!Read the Rest... ...
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SERMON: Image is Everything DOWNLOAD: Sermon Audio (.mp3) | Sermon Outline (.pdf) Introduction: Stevan has been the lead pastor of the Shippensburg First Wesleyan Church in Western Pennsylvania since July ’10. After serving as a youth pastor in 3 churches in a 10 year period, this is Stevan’s first solo-pastorate. He describes the new leadershipRead the Rest... ...
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SERMON: Practicing Christians DOWNLOAD: Sermon Audio (.mp3) | Sermon Outline (.pdf) Introduction: Dave Ward serves as a regular guest speaker at Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, MI, where this message was preached. Dave teaches Homiletics at Indiana Wesleyan University. He has served as an Itinerant Preacher for the last ten years, preaching at local churches,Read the Rest... ...
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A few years ago, when I was serving as the Lead Pastor of a local church, I experienced a strange compulsion. This compulsion surfaced just after the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Along with many admirers of King, I have a deep appreciation for the power and profundity of his Dream Speech.Read the Rest... ...
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At the start of a new year many people commit to certain resolutions that will help them develop into a “better person.” The preacher who wants to improve must also resolve to grow. As you begin in a new year of life and ministry what will you do to grow as a preacher? What booksRead the Rest... ...
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An Emerging Young Preacher (EYP) faces unique challenges and opportunities in their development. In particular they face some identity temptations unique to the early years of preaching development. Few things mess with your identity like preaching. A ministerial student who had never preached once asked me what it felt like to deliver a sermon. IRead the Rest... ...
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For the last 20 years of my ministry as Senior Pastor at Kentwood Community Church (KCC) I sought to develop an annual sermon schedule. For a dozen or more of those years I would do this work individually, usually in a series of summer getaways (a couple of days at a time). For the lastRead the Rest... ...
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