Teresa Fry Brown and Charles Adams Preaching Dos and Don’ts

This is the final post in the series discussing notes on Dr. Charles Adams’ class entitled “Preaching, Black and White.” Specifically the lecture entitled “do’s and don’ts.” Teresa Fry Brown wrote up notes from that lecture on page 164 and 165 of her book Weary Throats and New Songs. We have had nine articles in the series:

These tips can help any preacher become a much more effective one. You can read any of the above articles simply by clicking the article titles.

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Simple Preaching Survival Strategies – Be Punctual

In this article we continue discussing simple strategies that will greatly increase your effectiveness as a preacher. The next one is something of special interest to those of us who are especially prone to CP (Colored People) Time. I don’t necessarily believe that there is a correlation between melanin and tardiness, but there is amongst us an ongoing realization that too often we are not on time. To increase your effectiveness, you must be punctual.

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Simple Preaching Survival Strategies – Be Present

While God plays the most significant role in the preaching task, the preacher must aid God in the work. Preachers can follow some simple strategies that will greatly aid the preaching moment. In the next 4 posts we will look at a few of these simple strategies. The first is to simply be present.

Arriving is a Statement

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Audio 27 – The Sermons of the Black Church

What are the sermons that are preached in the Black church? In this audio we discuss three of the types of sermons that are operative in the Black church.

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