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Preaching - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Discourse, Engagement, Homily, Jawboning, Lecture, Lobbying, Persuasion, Selling, Sermon

Preaching is the most important element in the protestant churches. Charles Spurgeon was England's best-known and most-loved preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. There are different styles or types of preaching. The most important styles are:

Themes

  • Topical preaching - concerned with a particular subject of current concern;
  • Exhortatory preaching - concerned with changing or affirming the behaviour of the congregation in a particular way;
  • Biographical preaching - tracing the story of a particular biblical character through a number of parts of the bible;
  • Evangelistic preaching - seeking to convert the congregation or bring them back to their previous faith;
  • Charismatic preaching - seeking to inspire the congregation to an immediate spiritual experience;

Delivery methods

  • Scripted preaching - preaching with a previous preparation, it can be with help of notes or a script, or rely on the Memory of the preacher.

See also

  • Kerygma
  • Kerygmatic theology
  • Sermon

Example Usage of Preaching

richierighteous: Just had one of the most amazing nights of my career.I can't wait to come back to Trinidad and I have not left yet.I am Preaching@7 am.
sesot: @pennykeating: You're Preaching to the choir. They need to find a cure soon and improve prevention education across the world!
CrYsTaL0911: venting: i hate hypocrites....Preaching one thing....doing another. then have the audacity to question someone else.
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