Preaching is challenging business. Everyone can use some encouragement and fresh ideas.
Preach the Word (PTW) will help pastors work together to improve their preaching through video modules with accompanying resources and by interacting with seminary professors and fellow preachers.
Pastors can gather with brother pastors to watch and discuss the modules. The power of the Lutheran Reformation was the Word of God. Pastors may commemorate the Reformation by honing their vocation of proclaiming the Gospel.
How It Works
Step 1: Form a Triad
- Form a triad or a group setting such as a circuit meeting. Triads work best.
- Each member of the triad or group completes and submits an enrollment form. After submitting it, members will be asked to complete a short pre-module survey.
Step 2: Gather Together
- Meet together and use the module discussion guide to work through the video-based lectures.
- Apply what you learned in the module, and record one of your own sermons for peer review.
Step 3: Review
- Review your recorded sermon with your triad members and receive feedback.
- Each member of the triad or group completes and submits a completion form. After submitting it, members will be asked to fill out a short post-module survey.
Leader Resources
A module delivery guide is available to help leaders with the nuts and bolts of meeting and using the resources.
Testimonials
Hear from pastors who have taken part in Preach the Word:
Modules
Preach the Word - Module 1 - The use of story in preaching - Rev. Dr. David Schmitt
Preach the Word - Module 1 - The use of story in preaching - Rev. Dr. David Schmitt
For preachers, the question arises, “How can a preacher use stories actively in preaching?”
Preach the Word - Module 2 - The use of biblical text in sermon preparation - Rev. Dr. Dean Nadasdy
Preach the Word - Module 2 - The use of biblical text in sermon preparation - Rev. Dr. Dean Nadasdy
Textual preaching engages a biblical text to the extent that the text itself drives the preparation, structure, content and texture of the sermon.
Preach the Word - Module 3 - Delivering the Gospel live and in person - Rev. Dr. Carl Fickenscher
Preach the Word - Module 3 - Delivering the Gospel live and in person - Rev. Dr. Carl Fickenscher
Because preaching is of utmost importance, it should be done in the way that communicates best. In our daily oral communication, we don’t read or memorize what we are saying to others.
Preach the Word - Module 4 - Applying God's Word into people's lives - Rev. Dr. Glenn Nielsen
Preach the Word - Module 4 - Applying God's Word into people's lives - Rev. Dr. Glenn Nielsen
Learn how to examine a text to see the application intended in the text for your hearers.
Preach the Word - Module 5 - The use of technology in preaching - Rev. Matt Peeples
Preach the Word - Module 5 - The use of technology in preaching - Rev. Matt Peeples
The ability to spread a message worldwide is changing and growing daily. How can we leverage new tools to enhance our task of preaching?
Preach the Word - Module 6 - Sacramental Preaching - Rev. David Petersen
Preach the Word - Module 6 - Sacramental Preaching - Rev. David Petersen
How can preachers emphasize the central reality that God is present and forgives sins through His Word in specific places according to His promises?
Preach the Word - Module 7 - Preaching the Baptized Life - Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing
Preach the Word - Module 7 - Preaching the Baptized Life - Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing
Baptism is a daily reality for each Christian, who lives out the reality of God's gifts received in Baptism.
Preach the Word - Module 8 - Law and Gospel - Rev. Dr. Steven Mueller
Preach the Word - Module 8 - Law and Gospel - Rev. Dr. Steven Mueller
Learn an approach to preaching Law and Gospel in fresh ways each week, by anchoring that proclamation in the themes, metaphors and images of the text.
Preach the Word - Module 9 - Preaching in a Post-Christian World - Rev. Dr. Gregory P. Seltz
Preach the Word - Module 9 - Preaching in a Post-Christian World - Rev. Dr. Gregory P. Seltz
Communicating the Gospel to our post-Christian culture, by keeping in mind the question, "What are my people actually hearing me say?"
Preach the Word - Module 10 - Catechetical Preaching - Rev. Peter Bender
Preach the Word - Module 10 - Catechetical Preaching - Rev. Peter Bender
Discover the value of catechetical preaching and the importance of learning the texts of Scripture and the Small Catechism by heart.