by Kenyatta Gilbert | Jun 25, 2022 | Articles, Discussion Topics
By all means, weigh in. But first, be informed and 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...
by Kenyatta Gilbert | Dec 19, 2021 | Articles, Interviews
Interview with Dr. Alyce M. McKenzie, Professor of Preaching, Director of SMU Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence It’s very important for preachers in these times to take a moment and think about what it means to have a robust homiletical theology. A...
by Kenyatta Gilbert | Dec 6, 2021 | Articles, Interviews
Read Interview NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!!! BUY THIS BOOK “As a pastor I continuously see members struggle with establishing a solid devotional discipline and a practical understanding of the scriptures, Kenyatta Gilbert has helped...
by Kenyatta Gilbert | Aug 12, 2020 | Articles
U.S. Congressman John Robert Lewis was a Black preacher, inescapably so.Like his spiritual mentor, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the long-standing congressman was an ordained Black Baptist minister. It meant that he not only knew how to parse legislative briefs...
by Kenyatta Gilbert | Feb 24, 2017 | Articles
Hidden figures: How black women preachers spoke truth to power Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Howard University Each semester I greet the students who file into my preaching class at Howard University with a standard talk. The talk is not an overview of the basics...