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This essay reflects on Frank Thomas' unique journey through the pastorate to become a teacher of preaching, and on the pedagogy he developed along the way.
“How is it that you can take a group of people who are in despair and when you get finished preaching the gospel, they have hope?” This question sent Frank Thomas down a path that led him nearly forty years later to create the first PhD program in African-American preaching.
Preachers know that unless they receive fresh input from good resources, sooner or later their weekly output in the sermon will get thinner and thinner. But where are the solid resources on which the preacher can rely? What best practices exist to enrich preaching?
A worship service from Symposium 2016 led by Frank A. Thomas, preaching, Isaiah 61
This service of Psalm 13, How Long?, was part of the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2012.
A worship service from Symposium on Worship 2010.
This workshop explored celebration as the distinct perspective and genius the African American Church has brought to the preaching task.
