Preaching is a Team Sport

By on 4-17-2012 in 10 Minute Teacher, Video

Joe is currently an adjunct professor in Southern California teaching a variety of courses in Practical Theology and Leadership. In addition, he coaches church planters. Dr. Miller has a diverse educational background and authored multiple books on church history, biblical theology, and Leadership. Joe and his wife Suzanne enjoy the sun and surf with their 3 sons in San Diego, CA.

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Preaching and Teaching the Word of God is not a celebrity-driven “One Man Show.” In this episode of the 10 Minute Teacher, I examine the Bible to show how cultural trends in preaching are hindering the Church’s true call to proclaim the Gospel. I pray you have a deeper understanding and a growing passion to teach and preach as part of a Spirit-gifted team.

Joe is currently an adjunct professor in Southern California teaching a variety of courses in Practical Theology and Leadership. In addition, he coaches church planters. Dr. Miller has a diverse educational background and authored multiple books on church history, biblical theology, and Leadership. Joe and his wife Suzanne enjoy the sun and surf with their 3 sons in San Diego, CA.

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  • http://www.EmergingLife.org J.R. Miller

    Some folks have questioned the context for the quote by Mark Driscoll used in the video so I will post it here for everyone to review and evaluate.

    This particular message was entitled, “Preaching The Mission” and was given in Vancouver, WA on April 18, 2007 at a Resurgence Acts 29 church planters event.  Driscoll preached…

    “Able to teach, an effective Bible communicator. Some guys are good one-on-one, some small groups, some classes, some medium size groups of dozens, hundreds. Some guys are great with thousands. But able to teach. If you’re an elder, a pastor, and you can’t teach, you shouldn’t be a pastor. And this doesn’t mean that everybody needs to preach. Some guys are really gifted Biblical counseling guys; they’re gonna sit down and they’re gonna teach. Some people are good in classes, some people are good in small groups, some people are good in the pulpit. It’s just different outlets. In this, this doesn’t mean you need to have team preaching, team teaching; I would actually discourage such things.

    You should train other preachers, but there should be a primary communicator, a senior leader who leads the mission from the pulpit. But all your men have to be able to teach. And then lastly, not a new convert, a mature Christian, someone who’s known God for a while. Say two things; one, able to teach really should be considered from the hearer’s perspective. I’ve heard guys who think they can teach but nobody knows what they’re talking about. Most of those guys went to seminary. It’s not just that hey can talk, but that peoples’ lives are changed. They understand the Bible and they meet Jesus. And then not a new convert—this is hard when you’re a church planter because usually you can’t afford staff. Your tendency is to grab some young guys who are really gifted and zealous and maybe rush them.”

    - Mark Driscoll, Mark Driscoll Sermon Archive 2005-2009 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009).

  • http://twitter.com/KrisNelson7 Kris Nelson

    I liked how you moved from “cultural trends” to using Jesus as our example.  I definitely want to follow Jesus rather than the momentary popular “trend of the day.”

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