Thursday
Jul172003
The problem with preaching
Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 4:07PM This post is from the defunct blog "Dying Church"
Backyard Missionaries says, "Preaching Sux..." He explains why, and I have to admit, it's pretty compelling. Somewhere, somehow, for most of us church has become Sunday-centered with the focus of attention being what's happening up on the platform. Rethinking preaching is definitely going to be necessary within the dying church.
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This is one question with which I am wrestling -- how to structure worship in the Reformed tradition, specifically Presbyterian Church (USA) if preaching is not the central act of worship. I need to post about this on my own blog rather than hog your comments section, though! :)
God choose the foolishness of preaching to save those who might believe.
There is a big difference between preaching as it occurred in NT settings, and preaching in churches today. Preaching in the NT is always in the context of preaching the gospel & evangelism - it is never in the context of preaching to a congregation primarily of christians, many of whom have been in church for the last 20 years, & are expected to be in church meetings every sunday for the rest of their lives listening to sermons. Have a look at an article I've written on "The Problem of Preaching" at http://www.the-next-wave-ezine.info/issue93/index.cfm?id=16&ref=ARTICLES_DOING%20CHURCH_253" rel="nofollow">http://www.the-next-wave-ezine.info/issue93/index.cfm?id=16&ref=ARTICLES_DOING%20CHURCH_253 or www.edgenet.org.nz For Mike, in rethinking church worship & structure, the missional church concepts are great - have a look at www.friendofmissional.org