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CHMN 645 DYNAMIC SERMON DESIGN & DELIVERY


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CHMN 645 Dynamic Sermon Design & Delivery (3 Credits)

About the Course

The course builds upon the foundational knowledge and skills acquired through introductory homiletics courses and previous preaching experience. It emphasizes refining homiletical methods and transforming them into effective, engaging, and impactful sermon delivery.

Who Needs This Course?

  •  Graduate students: 
    • MDiv/MMin 
    • MACM core
  •  This course may also be taken by
    • Pastors for continuing education
    • Professionals as a non-degree course for professional development
    • Graduate students of other schools as transfer credits

Time Investment

A minimum of 18 hours/week for approximately 2 months.

Course Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

  1. Understand the current state of preaching and the need for biblical Christ-centered preaching.
  2. Understand the unity and the cohesive core message of the bible.
  3. Discover the basic principles and tools of preparing and delivering Christ-centered sermons.
  4. Acquire skills to shape every sermon, no matter what, homiletical method, and no matter what topic, in line with the core message of the bible.
  5. Develop an appreciation for the importance of contextualizing the sermon.
  6. Appreciate how the SDA church’s unique theology can mold the preaching.
  7. Help others learn to design Christ-centered sermons.

Topics to Cover

Unit 1: The Current State of Preaching

Unit 2: Narrative Preaching

Unit 3: The Sermon Series

Unit 4: Sermon Preparation

Unit 5: The Big Idea

Unit 6: Illustrations

Unit 7: The Title and Getting Ready

Unit 8: Notes, PowerPoint, Delivery

Unit 9: Student Preaching and Critiques

 

Facilitator

Dr. ASHOK KUMAR, PhD


Dr. Ashok Kumar hails from India. He worked as a church Pastor in the city of Bangalore, India. Pastored number of congregations and preached the word of God with passion and zeal. Later, he worked as a Radio Speaker at Adventist World Radio for Kannada (Local language in South India). Media ministry also taught him how to preach to an unknown and unseen audience. His Doctorate in Church Ministry enabled him to understand the significance of congregational preaching.


He is passionate about reading, researching, and preaching the word of God. His ministry involves training the pastors for preaching the word of God in more exegetical, contextualized, and Christ-centered preaching. At present, Dr. Ashok Kumar works as a Conference President, training and equipping the pastors for preaching ministry.

Developer

JAMES PARK, PhD


Dr. James Park is an experienced pastor and professor who has been actively engaged in discipleship, church growth, and missions. Before his retirement, he served AIIAS as the program director of the Master of Arts in the Ministry (online).