There is not a single time that I preach a sermon without hearing from someone that this was the first time they had ever
heard a woman preach.
Not exact matches
In the thirteenth century, a Dominican friar by the name of Etienne de Bourbon was
preaching in the village of Sandrans, near Lyon, when he
heard during confession that many of the local
woman had....
A
woman in the parish I serve commented that she never likes
hearing this text
preached because she always comes away with the sense that it's never possible to get things right.
I also
hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept scientific findings regarding climate change and evolution, practice traditional worship,
preach from the lectionary, affirm
women in ministry, etc., but these new attendees never
hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.
I also
hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept science, avoid aligning with a single political party, practice traditional worship,
preach from the lectionary, affirm
women in ministry, etc. but these new attendees never
hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.
The job of a Christian preacher, he said, is to «proclaim the given gospel to the given world,» The given gospel — that is to say, the gospel which has come to him from the Christian tradition which he represents and for which in his
preaching function he speaks; the given world — that is to say, men and
women in their actual concrete situation, with their interests and worries, their concerns and their problems, And the two are to go together, so that the gospel will be
heard and (one hopes) accepted by those who
hear its proclamation as directly relevant to their own lives.
I often
hear from
women who feel called to
preach but can not seem to find support or resources within their churches or communities of faith or traditions.
As I
hear God speaks to me (gender — I am a
woman), I will continue to be faithful to Him and
preach where He says I must
preach and teach where He says I must
preach, prophesy where He says I must prophesy, evangelise where He says I must evangelise.
He makes a practice of inviting the greatest black preachers (both men and
women) of the nation to
preach at Allen Temple so his people can
hear them.