Preacher as Prophet

“A surrendered identity is…more deadly than lost identity…[because] you intentionally relinquish who you are, and you voluntarily sell out God’s divine ministry.”
Prathia Hall

Preacher as Sage

“Who is it that is supposed to articulate the longings and aspirations of the people more than the preacher?”

Martin L. King, Jr.

Preacher as Priest

“Surrender your inner consent to God–this is your sovereign right–this is your birthright privilege.”
Howard Thurman

Welcome

Equipping Preachers to Restore Community

Visionary: Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Ph.D.

Kenyatta Gilbert—son and grandson of Baptist preachers—knew he would chart his own distinctive course and find his vocational home in a courtroom practicing law one day. As it turns out, he did walk in their footsteps as preacher—but not without his own unique voice.

The Project

What You Can Expect

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The Voices

Preacher Bios and Sermon Clips

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The Forum

Up-To-Date Articles & Discussion Topics
Sermon Preparation Exercises

The Connection

Ways to Get Involved in This Ministry

Our Mission  and Vision

The Preaching Project is a teaching and mentoring ministry that promotes preaching excellence and effective leadership.

Equipping Preachers to Restore Community 

 

Providing guidance • Fostering dialogue • Devising strategies • Nurturing preachers

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The Voices

Preacher Profiles

Luke A. Powery, Th.D.

Dean of the Chapel, Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching

“This book immerses readers in a sophisticated, multi-voiced soundtrack. Kenyatta Gilbert persuasively calls for ministers to preach in three voices—prophet, priest, and sage.”

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Articles

Preaching in the Jesus Tradition

Preacher, don’t let your perspective become an idol god.  Too often preachers, in taking firm stances on religio-political controversial issues, fail to demonstrate how their biblical and theological positions align with what the Jesus of the gospels declared he...

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CRT, Black Preachers, and the Myth of Objectivity

  Friends, I've got to tell you.  I find it exhausting responding to White evangelical fundamentalist scholars and Black preachers who insist on keeping folks captive to hard and fast rules of scriptural exegesis for preaching, while not taking structural racism...

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PREACHERS, KNOW THE FACTS!

In an age of alternative facts, a preacher has to be in touch with what her or his Sunday hearers imbibe from various electronic and paper outlets. A preacher who gets messages doctrinally sound but disregards the goings-on in the public square will not meet the...

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