
Likewise, noted author and speaker (and former pastor) John Maxwell has defined “leadership” as influence. If you fail to turn a profit, however, you will not sustain your business. Great marketing, superior management, sound inventory control, the latest manufacturing techniques, human resource development and so forth are all necessary components of a successful company. Making the best widgets in the world (if that is your company’s business) is not the goal. If that sounds crass or politically incorrect and you are the leader of such a company, you either have already or soon will be out of business. Everything else is subordinate to and should be supportive of making a profit. Preaching for specific results will be given extensive treatment in a following blog.Īll for-profit companies exist for only one purpose: to generate a profit. The listening audience, always comprised of individual hearers, should be moved to some type of response. Becoming a gifted orator is not the goal becoming a persuasive communicator is the goal. With this in mind, the preacher should always be aware that preaching is not a spectator sport. Results of effective preaching may take one or more of several forms: conversion to faith in Christ, repentance of sin, obedience to some call of God to Christian service or personal spiritual growth and so on.

Preaching always has eternal value and the hearer should be impacted so effectively that eternal decisions are made as a result of hearing the preacher. What is the purpose of preaching? In short, it is to accurately and persuasively communicate God’s Word in such a way as to elicit a life-change response.

For easy understanding, please know that the general terms “preaching” and “preacher” used in these blogs may actually cover may styles of communication. Follow the tips that will be given, and you will become a fearless and effective communicator of God’s Word. Whether you are a full-time pastor, bi-vocational pastor, evangelist, lay preacher, teacher or Christian communicator in any area, this information will be of practical benefit to you.
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The series deal with challenges to face, enemies to defeat and opportunities to take as well as other themes (PDF file size: 668k).Welcome to the first official blog post by Pastor’s Workshop! In this and following blog posts we’ll look at how to write a sermon outline, including reducing the manuscript to an outline. Moving Forward is a five part series designed for use at the beginning of the year or some other time when renewal and recommittment are a paramount theme in the preaching.
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If you would like to read this book on you mobile device in small size - just use our PDF Compressor and read them everywhere from your phone. 3) To give practical advice on all aspects of life for the man who would preach and for others who want to understand the work of preaching (PDF File size: 237k). 2) To illustrate the importance of gospel preaching. 1) To define and describe scriptural preaching and the one who does it. This ten lesson study has been developed to help clarify those misunderstandings. There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the gospel preacher and his work.
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