September 18, 2015 by David Fitch
Preaching and the Shaping of a Church Into Mission: Theology On Mission Podcast

In an image driven culture, why do we still have sermons? What good can a Sunday sermon have when everyone is bombarded by other messages all week long? What is preaching for anyway?Here Holsclaw and me talk about preaching as proclamation (different than teaching) and how the “imagination” is essential for it transforming people toward Christ-likeness.

We’ll be fleshing all this out in depth at this years Missional Learning Commons on “The Mission of Preaching”, Nov. 6-7, Chicago, IL.
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Topics and Presenters will be:

PREACHING: Proclaiming or Teaching, or…? ~ David Fitch
POUR OVER SERMONS: Brewing in the Spirit ~ Tara Beth Leach
RESURRECTION IMAGINATION: Good News in the Religious Marketplace ~ Matt Tebbe
PREACHING “THROUGH” AND “TO” VULNERABILITY ~Mandy Smith

David Fitch

David Fitch (Ph.D) is a longtime pastor in Chicago, and the B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary. He teaches on the issues the local church must face in mission including cultural engagement, leadership, and theology. He's written multiple books, including Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines that Shape the Church for Mission (2016), and the forthcoming 2024 release, entitled Reckoning With Power: Why the Church Fails When it's on the Wrong Side of Power (Brazos, Jan 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Substack.