The Practices of Christian Preaching: Essentials for Effective Proclamation

By Alcantara Jared E and Jared E. Alcántara

Book Overview

Leading homiletician Jared Alc?ntara offers a practice-centered, collaborative, technologically innovative, next-generation introductory preaching textbook. The book breaks new ground by adopting a practice-based approach to teaching preaching and by using innovative technological delivery to enhance the educational experience of learners.

Alc?ntara introduces the basics of Christian preaching and emphasizes the skills preachers must cultivate throughout their lives. He shows that preachers can learn effective preaching by paying keen attention to five key competencies: conviction, context, clarity, concreteness, and creativity. Featuring the perspectives of a diverse team of collaborators, The Practices of Christian Preaching is designed to prepare effective communicators for the church's multicultural future.

Call-outs in the book direct readers to a companion website for further information or practice. The online resources include audio and video sermons, video responses from the author, and contributions from collaborators, enabling Alc?ntara to coach students by showing them instead of just telling them. A Spanish language edition is also available.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801098661
• ISBN13: 9780801098666
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"