The Rev. Calvin McKinney is the first to admit his preaching can cause discomfort. “It may sometimes be against the grain of your expectation,” he said during a recent weeknight prayer meeting at ...

A scale which differentiates between preaching styles is discussed in terms of the effectiveness with which each style elicits a faith response in the preaching audience. Tests for reliability and a ...

A 103-year-old Georgia woman has been kicked out of her church for disagreeing with her pastor’s preaching style, with members even calling the police on the woman, who has been a part of the ...

The word that keeps coming back is hunger. Scholars talk about it, but so do preachers and parishioners. The reason that preaching is enjoying a revival in churches where it was a dying art, say ...

Good preaching traditionally comes in many forms. Some preachers spring back and forth from the pulpit, with a drop-step here and a leg kick there. Others, such as displayed this week by the Rev.

CARRSVILLE – Emphatic and commanding, the Rev. Robert E. Rodgers’ rich baritone rang over a placid congregation as he preached at Pulaski Baptist Church on a recent Sunday. Twenty minutes later, his ...

Recent books on culturally distinct preaching challenge misconceptions and equip diverse pastors to better address a multiethnic world. In the mid-1980s, as a new believer fresh out of college, I ...

A 103-year-old Georgia woman was kicked out of her church for criticizing her pastor’s preaching style, and some members even called the police on her. According to reports, Genora Ham Biggs had been ...

Listen to Pope Francis preach and you start to notice some patterns. His homilies are not complicated. He speaks in stories and images, and sticks to one simple theme. He does not worry about ...

LONDON – The Church of England owns some of the most impressive houses of worship in the world, with towering facades and spires that have drawn in the faithful for close to 500 years. But these days, ...

It is fair to condemn the language and to disagree with the substance of now-infamous comments by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. However, to characterize his statements as “rants,” “raves” or “on the verge ...