For example, in the black church services I have attended, the congregants will urge on
the preacher during a sermon.
Not exact matches
There was no altar call
during the service, but wanting the salvation from Christ she had heard about in the
sermon, nine - year - old Joyce approached the
preacher at the end and asked him how she could be saved.
In 2004 in a Baptist Church in Waynesville, NC
during the Sunday worship service
sermon a
preacher told his congregation that they weren't true Christians if they didn't vote for George W. Bush.
After the
preacher finished his
sermon, when everyone was going to take communion (I always just sat alone
during this ritual) a woman approached me and asked if I knew Jesus as my savior.
Verbal response from the congregation is not possible or desirable
during the
sermon, even though there have been some experiments in overt dialogue between
preacher and congregation.
For example,
during a
sermon on race relations which was being preached to a large congregation, a man rose to his feet to dispute a point being made by the
preacher.
Look, it even happened
during one of Paul's
sermons, and he was, like, the greatest
preacher ever.
The ministry of the congregation
during the
preacher's
sermon is to listen, not passively, but actively out of their own meanings, and in their very listening to challenge and encourage the
preacher in what he is trying to say.
Delivering a
sermon during a service on Sunday, 4 March, 2018, the
preacher said the Ghanaian media is very «depressing», adding that he learns more from watching documentaries on animals than tuning in to local radio and TV stations.