This doctoral thesis entails a research project to determine
whether grass roots preachers in a southern Africa context can be
instructed to prepare effective expository sermons. In order to
make that determination it was necessary to first collect and
analyze expository sermons from such preachers prior to any
instruction. Then, on the basis of instruction in expository
preaching in a seminar format, it was necessary to collect and
analyze additional sermons from the same preachers.
To that end we conducted two five-day seminars in Zimbabwe
and South Africa respectively. The content of those seminars
included two major elements. The first was a theology of
preaching that is detailed in Chapter 1. Within a theology of
preaching we have given treatment to various topics including the
need for a theology of preaching, the Old Testament basis for
preaching, the New Testament mandate for preaching, a definition
and defense of expository preaching, and a discussion of the
necessary qualities of effective expository preaching. The
second element of the seminars involved a method of preaching
detailed in Chapter 2. Within the method of preaching we have
given treatment to various topics, including the role of the
Holy Spirit in preaching, exegesis of the sermon text, and
making the transition from the text to the completed sermon.
Given the foundational material of Chapters 1 and 2, we
developed the seminar materials found in Chapter 3. Chapter 4
includes the schedules by which the sermons were analyzed. Each
sermon was subjected to the same schedule to determine its
effectiveness as an expository sermon. Those results are then
analyzed in Chapter 5 leading to the conclusion that grass roots
preachers in a southern Africa context can indeed be instructed
to preach effective expository sermons. / Practical Theologyy / D. Th. (Practical Theology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17019 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Johnston, Clanton Clyde |
| Contributors | Pieterse, H. J. C. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (171 leaves) |
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