Teaching pastors to reinforce expository preaching with sermon based small groups

Alan D Stoddard

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Teaching pastors to reinforce expository preaching with sermon based small groups

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Alan D Stoddard. Teaching Pastors to Reinforce Expository Preaching with Sermon Based Small Groups. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6e289ea9-3afc-43da-80f3-1b2efa0da2b5.

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A. D. Stoddard. Teaching pastors to reinforce expository preaching with sermon based small groups. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6e289ea9-3afc-43da-80f3-1b2efa0da2b5

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Alan D Stoddard. Teaching Pastors to Reinforce Expository Preaching with Sermon Based Small Groups. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6e289ea9-3afc-43da-80f3-1b2efa0da2b5.

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Alan D Stoddard

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This thesis-project culminates in a three-hour seminar created to teach pastors how to reinforce their expository sermons. Creating sermon-based small groups to reinforce sermons enhances biblical discipleship and produces life change. Such groups help people grow spiritually in a complex world that communicates many ideas. Chapter one raises the possibility that resurfacing the sermon's main idea and desired application in a discussion group can extend the purpose of the sermon. Chapter two provides a theological foundation for the role of the pastor as preacher and the use of small groups. Chapter three provides analysis from ten churches interviewed to discover reasons why sermon-based small groups work, providing a best practices list, specific challenges and how to overcome them, and principles for writing curriculum. Chapter four provides the materials used in the three-hour seminar.

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