Reader Recommendation: Preaching and Social Issues, by Leah Schade
Recommended by: Foster Frimpong
Why it might be helpful: This book offers Tools and Tactics for Empowering Your Prophetic Voice, equips preachers to craft sermons that help congregations talk about topics of public concern based on strong ethical, biblical, and theological foundations, as well as prudent sermonic strategies. Informed by years of research with clergy and congregations, Leah D. Schade provides practical and pastoral guidance for preachers to find their prophetic voice for their context with integrity and wisdom. Preaching and Social Issues offers an assessment tool for gauging risk and capacity for preaching about social issues.
Today, many preachers are afraid to really face the congregation with their prophetic voice because of the pushback from the congregation. Hence, this book offers the right tools and tactics to empower the prophetic voice of preachers and also equips them to craft sermons that help congregations talk about topics of public concern based on strong ethical, biblical, and theological foundations, as well as prudent sermonic strategies.

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Reader Recommendations are suggestions submitted by Disciples preachers and are not created or fully reviewed by the Proclamation Project.

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