The Spirituality of Black Preaching: Advice to Young Preachers on the Heart of Black Preaching - Paperback

by Lewis Brogdon (Author)

As a scholar of the Bible and the Black Church, Brogdon seeks to help young African American preachers effectively integrate biblical studies and homiletics, integrate in ways that deepen sermons, stimulates faith in the context of worship, and strengthen churches as they seek to give witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ. He seeks to provide the hundreds and thousands of African American ministers who will never attend seminary or a university, yet will touch hundreds and thousands of lives with the resources they need for effective, life-changing preaching.

Author Biography

Lewis Brogdon is Assistant Professor of Religion at Claflin University and a minister of twenty-three years. He has served churches in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio and has written numerous books such as No Longer a Slave But a Brother: An African American Reading of Paul's Letter to Philemon, Hope on the Brink: Understanding the Emergence of Nihilism in Black America, The New Pentecostal Message? An Introduction to the Prosperity Movement, and Dying to Lead: The Disturbing Trend of Clergy Suicide. Dr. Brogdon, a sought out preacher, public speaker, and panelist, lives in Summerville South Carolina.