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Details for Contemporary Preaching

Have you ever wished that you could bottle the persuasiveness and power of your favourite preacher in order to supercharge your own sermons and see your congregation transformed? When it comes to sermons, the bridge between the first century text and twenty-first century context can often seem longer than 2000-odd years. If you want to discover what turns effective preaching into life-changing preaching, and bring revelation to postmodern people that struggle with the Christian story, then look no further. Get ready to be equipped with the rhetorical tools in this unit to craft a message so powerful that it will be impossible for your audience to leave the pews unchanged.

Quick Info

  • Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
  • Course code: MIN203
  • Credit points: 10

Prerequisites

The following courses are prerequisites:

The unit Contemporary Preaching is part of the subject area Ministry and is offered as a part of the following Awards: Bachelor of Applied Theology (Korean) (Alphacrucis College (NSW Dept. of Education)), Bachelor of Contemporary Ministry (Alphacrucis College (NSW Dept. of Education)).

Unit Content

Curriculum Objective

This course unit gives an opportunity to develop an understanding and practical application of communicating that has been learnt in the foundational theological and biblical units of first year. The unit addresses the relationship between exegesis and application, and contemporary communication theory and practice.

Subject Content

  1. The Three-fold Task: Understanding the Bible—Understanding the Church—Understanding Culture
  2. Constructing a Sermon
  3. Communicating to Australians
  4. Preaching, Technology and the Media
  5. Sermons in Different Settings

This course may be offered in the following formats

Lectures, sermon delivery and assessment, team teaching.

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis College.

Assessment Methods

Forum Postings (20%, 2000 words); Critical Reflection on preaching opportunity (30%, 1500 words); Major Essay (50%, 2500 words)

Prescribed Text

Sunukjian, D.R. Invitation to Biblical Preaching. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007

Representative References