The Use of Persuasion in Preaching in Southeast Alabama Presbytery / by Ray H. Cureton. [print]

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Dissertation note: Thesis Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions 2012. Abstract: After hours of preparation in the study and in life, pastors ascend pulpits every week to preach sermons in order to change lives. Are they succeeding? Are these sermons effective? Are they persuasive? What makes them so, and most importantly for this study, what sorts of appeals are made from the pulpits in the greater Montgomery, Alabama, area of Southeast Alabama Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in order to facilitate effective and lasting change? This qualitative research study explores these and other questions from a theologically Reformed and biblically informed perspective.Abstract: The study presents the thoughts and ideas of both leaders and laity in the Presbytery. Those who participated affirmed the importance of the preaching ministry of the churches studied. Areas of special consideration in the study include the place of rhetorical principles as applied to the preaching tasks, and the use or lack of use of a traditional evangelical invitation and the end of sermons. The study also examines the place of Christ in preaching persuasively, and the need for preparation for listening to sermons on the part of the laity. The study further suggests ways to improve the persuasive force of preaching among those of a Reformed persuasion.
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Thesis Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions 2012.

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After hours of preparation in the study and in life, pastors ascend pulpits every week to preach sermons in order to change lives. Are they succeeding? Are these sermons effective? Are they persuasive? What makes them so, and most importantly for this study, what sorts of appeals are made from the pulpits in the greater Montgomery, Alabama, area of Southeast Alabama Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in order to facilitate effective and lasting change? This qualitative research study explores these and other questions from a theologically Reformed and biblically informed perspective.

The study presents the thoughts and ideas of both leaders and laity in the Presbytery. Those who participated affirmed the importance of the preaching ministry of the churches studied. Areas of special consideration in the study include the place of rhetorical principles as applied to the preaching tasks, and the use or lack of use of a traditional evangelical invitation and the end of sermons. The study also examines the place of Christ in preaching persuasively, and the need for preparation for listening to sermons on the part of the laity. The study further suggests ways to improve the persuasive force of preaching among those of a Reformed persuasion.

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