NOV. 1, 2022

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CURRENT, RETIRED FACULTY PUBLISH NEW BOOK ON PREACHING

Introduction to Preaching: Scripture, Theology, and Sermon Preparation

BY REV. DR. LEAH D. SCHADE, DR. JERRY L. SUMNEY, AND DR. EMILY ASKEW

“Coauthored by a homiletician, a theologian, and a biblical scholar, this book is a preaching primer that provides tools for crafting effective, engaging, and inspiring sermons. Using a unique workbook-style format, Introduction to Preaching equips seminarians and preachers to use appropriate theological claims informed by solid biblical interpretation.

The authors provide several sample sermons. Readers will learn how to use a three-part scheme — the Central Question, the Central Claim, and the Central Purpose — to provide drive, direction, and destination for the sermon. Offering guidelines for using appropriate sermon forms, imagery, metaphors, and creativity, together with advice on how to deliver contextually relevant sermons using our bodies, presence, and voice, this volume will become a staple for both new and experienced preachers.

Introduction to Preaching includes a chapter on exploring the space of preaching, including onsite and online sermons. It also features charts and worksheets to help organize the sermon-writing process, as well as exercises for the preacher’s voice and body and tips for advice for guest preachers and supply preachers. A glossary of terms and an extensive bibliography make this a handy reference guide for students and all preachers.”

Available March 2023, you can preorder this book here.

Victims and survivors of domestic violence may not call the police. They may not seek out shelter. And they may not even tell a family member or friend about their abuse. Yet, the one place they may go to seek assistance is the church. Is the church ready to respond? Is the church prepared to provide effective pastoral care for victims of abuse and accountability to perpetrators? Is the church aware of the devastating impact of violence on the family, community, and the church? Finally, has the church even considered its vital role in a collaborative partnership with other service providers? In addition to explaining the dynamics of intimate partner violence, this Webinar will seek to establish an ethical, theological, and moral imperative toward a faithful and faith-filled response to domestic violence.

About the Presenter: Rev. Dr. Sharon Ellis Davis is an ordained United Church of Christ pastor and the Visiting Assistant Professor of Pastoral Leadership and Ethics at Lexington Theological Seminary. She brings over 30 years of pastoral care experience in the church as well as in the academy in the fields of ministry, pastoral care, theology, and ethics. Dr. Ellis Davis earned her Master of Divinity degree (Ministry) from Chicago Theological Seminary; her Doctor of Ministry degree (Pastoral Care) from McCormick Theological Seminary; and her PhD from Chicago Theological Seminary (Theology, Ethics, and the Human Science – Sociology). She is the author of Battered African American Women: A Study in Gender Entrapment (2014) and Navigating My Way Through: Sexual and Domestic Violence. Dr. Ellis Davis is a retired certified chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplains and a member of the American Academy of Religion. She teaches classes such as Sexual and Domestic Violence; Pastoral Care in Times of Crisis; Christian Ethics; and Peace Building in the Beloved Community. She is a trainer for FaithTrust Institute of Seattle, Wash., for Healthy Clergy Boundaries and Healthy and Safe Families.

To join the webinar, please click here.

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SINCERE SYMPATHY

Our LTS Community extends prayers and sympathy to Mark Blankenship, Vice President for Advancement, on the passing of his mother, LoAnn Blankenship, on Oct. 7; and to Library Director Dolores Yilibuw on the passing of her mother, Thomasa Leemed, on Oct. 8.

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