How preaching can impact the role of the church in educating Black youth

Damone Paul Johnson

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How preaching can impact the role of the church in educating Black youth

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Damone Paul Johnson. How Preaching Can Impact the Role of the Church In Educating Black Youth. Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis). rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/39a2625b-2a22-4562-8871-52c715a182ae.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

D. P. Johnson. How preaching can impact the role of the church in educating Black youth. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/39a2625b-2a22-4562-8871-52c715a182ae

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Damone Paul Johnson. How Preaching Can Impact the Role of the Church In Educating Black Youth. Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis). https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/39a2625b-2a22-4562-8871-52c715a182ae.

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Damone Paul Johnson

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The author explored the impact of preaching to motivate members to be actively engaged in service in ministry to the community. The specific emphasis was on the education of African American youth. The method of reach and study included: 1. Reading from various sources to gain thoughts, material, and ideas for a sermon series to be preached on the church's role in educating children. 2. Forming a focus group of four to eight members of Metropolitan, consisting of public school teachers as well as Christian educators and lay members. The group discussed the impact of the sermons and shared observations. 3. I preached a series of messages on educating children and volunteering for Vacation Bible School. This series led up to our 2006 Vacation Bible School. I utilized different preaching genres (i.e. expository, narrative/didactive, and topical). The author reviewed a comparison of volunteers from 2005 and 2006. New volunteers were surveyed to see if the messages had any bearing on their motivation for working with the schools. An exit discussion was held with the focus group which aided in the assessment of the project. Suggested materials and insights from other preachers who utilized motivational models in their ministries to galvanize volunteers to be instrumental in the lives of youth were also used. As a result of the author's efforts, sermons and a host of other objectives and energies within the church, the congregation recognized the need for volunteers. In the conclusion of the matter, a myriad of activities and motivations influenced volunteerism. While one should never underestimate the power of the pulpit and the preaching moment, especially in the African American religious experience, preaching is only one facet of the faith strategy. Other methods of motivation and vision-casting, working in concert with proclamation, are effective means of facilitating social awareness and ministry involvement.

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