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The main topic of the research is the exploration of the relationship between Mark’s narrator and Peter as his possible key witness. Three features of Mark’s narrative, namely the narrator’s ability, point of view, and focalization, are put at the center of the investigation. Exploring these features allows drawing conclusions regarding the relationship between the narrator, Peter, and other disciples, and the implied reader in the spheres of knowledge, perception, psychology, and ideology. The study of the narrator’s ability revealed that it is possible to see the narrator as one with limited knowledge and dependent on the disciples in the sphere of knowledge. As the disciples had privileged access to Jesus, they were able to know him deeply. Jesus himself had exceptional knowledge abilities and openly revealed this knowledge in front of his disciples. It is argued that the disciples can serve as a medium between Jesus and the narrator and transfer Jesus’ knowledge to the latter. The study of point of view demonstrated the ongoing ideological conflict between Jesus and the disciples. This conflict affected the relationship between Jesus and the disciples and was revealed in the difference between Jesus’ and the disciples’ understanding and perceiving things. The study of focalization showed that the narrator constantly emphasizes the disciples’ perception, and both the narrator and the implied reader share their perception to a great extent. However, they are invited to learn Jesus’ perception. The conflict between the disciples and Jesus, if not resolved, would prevent them from right interpretation of the Gospel events, which is important for witnessing. It was shown that the conflict was resolved at the final point of Peter’s presence in the Gospel (14:72). At this moment, he learned to see the Gospel story in Jesus’ way. Passages 1:29–39 and 14:72 make the Gospel’s inclusio. 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These force multipliers for the congregation, by training grace the pulpit with their frequent presence in my absence as pastor. \r\nThe members of Transformation United Methodist Church in Augusta, Georgia, are like ordinary Black folks who face racism pervasively in matters that pertain to banking, real estate, employment, housing, public education, and community development. I have identified a specific problem within this cultural context: our congregation’s lay servants are not preaching racial justice. Instead, they preach about salvation, spiritual well-being, and relevant topics other than racism. They lack the education and training in biblical prophetic consciousness, homiletic principles for preaching racial justice, and the opportunity to practice racial justice preaching with their peer lay servants to prepare for preaching to a congregation. Thus, this racial justice preaching intervention aims to teach and empower these men and women to proclaim, “Thus says the LORD…” and decry racism in all its facets as the eight-century prophets decried the issues of their times.\r\nChapter 1 outlines the project’s ministerial context, problem, purpose, hypothesis, assumptions, and definition of terms. Chapter 2 explores the Biblical framework of the project based on six texts from the eighth-century prophets and the priestly prayer of Jesus in John’s Gospel to aid preachers and lay preachers in addressing racism. Chapter 3 explores the non-theological interdisciplinary study that informs my hypothesis, showing the long and arduous work of the United Methodist Church combating the plague of racism within its ranks and in society. Chapter 4 provides the homiletic framework of the project by investigating the works of Black homileticians James Henry Harris, Otis Moss III, and Frank Thomas and pointing to other homiletic voices to identify preaching strategies for Methodist lay servants preaching against oppression and injustice. Chapter 5 describes the ministerial intervention at the heart of this thesis—the training of Transformation United Methodist lay servants for racial justice preaching in a prophetic tradition. Over six weeks during November and December 2024, six lay servants (five Black and one white; five female and one male) participated in the rigorous training. Chapter 6 accounts for the researcher’s data analysis, findings, and evaluation and discusses the project’s impact on these newly minted racial justice preachers. 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Methodism’s Racial Dilemma: The Story of the Central Jurisdiction. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992. Preaching Alcantara, Jared E. The Practices of Christian Preaching: Essential for Effective Proclamation. Grand Rapids: BakerAcademic, 2019. Craddock, Fred B. Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985. Harris, James Henry. Black Suffering: Silent Pain, Hidden Hope. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2020. Loveless, William “Can Preaching Change Behavior?” Ministry International Journal for Pastors. https://www.mini strymagazine.org/archive/1998/07/can-preaching-change-behavior. Mitchell, Henry H. Celebration and Experience in Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1990. Moss, III, Otis. Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2015.   Romero, Oscar A. The Violence of Love. New York: Orbis Books, 2004. 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I’m Still here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. New York: Convergent Books, 2018. Broman, C. L. The Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination: A Study of African Americans. Ethn Dis. 1996:6:148–53. Coates, Ta-NeHisi. Between the World and Me. New York: Spiegel \u0026 Grau, 2015. Cooper, Britney. Eloquent Rage: a Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2018. Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.” University of Chicago Legal Forum 8, Issue 1 (1989). Gafney, Wil. “The Atatiana Jefferson Shooting in Fort Worth Shows Black People, Again, That We Aren’t Safe Here.” NBCNews.com. 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