I recently shared some notes setting out what I’m looking for from a preacher.. I suggested that we are looking for, in terms of content: The applied primary purpose of the passage – so that the congregation know what God’s is saying to them through that specific passage Their working out. Can the congregation see… Continue reading The forgotten objective of preaching and why it matters
Tag: training
What am I looking out for when assessing preachers
One of my priorities is to train people for preaching and teaching. This also means that I get involved in assessing and offering feedback. Here’s what I’m looking out for. A. What the preacher knows Scripture. Did they have a good handle on what the passage says. Could they submit up in one sentence Themselves… Continue reading What am I looking out for when assessing preachers
Training and practice for worship leaders and teams
A lot of attention when it comes to both training people as worship leaders and when it comes to preparing and practicing as worship teams goes into making sure that the music is technically on point. That matters of course. The best thing that musicians can do to serve our corporate worship is ensure that… Continue reading Training and practice for worship leaders and teams
Don’t train leaders
This may be a surprising title. However, I’m increasingly of the view that we have put too much focus on identifying and then training leaders. We look first at whether people show potential to lead and then we train them. Though of course sometimes we leave them to get on with it. The risk is… Continue reading Don’t train leaders
Getting involved in church planting and training
How can you get involved with what we are doing? Training and church planting in the urban West Midlands
The best kind of preaching feedback
Occasionally I see articles about how to give good preaching feedback. Often the focus is on things like getting the person to feed back themselves first, then it is about sandwiching negatives with positives. That’s all good stuff, however, I want to suggest a slightly different approach. Here are some of the questions I encourage… Continue reading The best kind of preaching feedback
Healthy theological training – learning from the strengths and weaknesses of the college system
In my last post on the topic I reflected on the way in which theological college helped because: It enabled direct conversation between theologians and students. It enabled you to engage with different characters styles and approaches In effect these two things are closely linked. We want to make sure that if training happens primarily… Continue reading Healthy theological training – learning from the strengths and weaknesses of the college system
Reading the room
The three books you need to read first
This is the next part in our Bible Communications video training. WE talk about exegesis when it comes to accurate reading and interpretation of Scripture but there are two other “books” you need to “exegete” as well.
Don’t quote God out of context
Faithroots Podcast on Bible Communication (part 2)
