Why do we listen to sermons? Where did sermons come from in the tradition of the church and how has preaching managed to hang in there across 2,000 years that have seen so much change in so many other ...

When I was attending Calvin Theological Seminary, someone somewhere along the line gave me a good piece of advice. He told me that when I became a pastor of a congregation, if the consistory (or the ...

WACO - The Rev. George W. Truett, the namesake of Baylor University's seminary, was known for being an eloquent preacher with a knack for using everyday events to make Scripture more relatable for his ...

Preachers need an organized program of feedback to determine whether they have hit their target. What do you think of sermons?” the Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies asked churchgoers—and got an ...

(RNS) — During last month’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, debates about if women can serve as pastors dominated the business sessions and national news coverage. But at multiple Baptist ...

Not everyone can make it to church every Sunday. People get sick, travel or are deployed far away from their hometowns. That’s the case in Snohomish County, particularly Everett, where many men and ...

Crafting a message for your—yes your—congregation. The hardest part of preaching, by far, is the application. It's one thing to say, "Love God and love your neighbor." Its another to show people what ...

“Now that I have preached about a dozen sermons I find I am repeating myself,” a young minister wrote despairingly in his diary in 1915. He was barely out of school and only a few months into his ...