If you’re like most pastors, you likely approach sermon development as a solo endeavor. If so, as I’ve shared before, I’ve had great success turning sermon preparation into a “team effort.” And, I highly recommend that you do, as well.
For certain, as a pastor, you must choose your “Subject”—either drawn from a passage of Scripture, or from some idea, that God has laid on your heart. You must also determine what “Response” you want those hearing your sermon to make.
But, once you choose the “Subject” and “Response,” then you can turn to your “Go-To Team” for help in developing the “How-Tos” and “How Long” for your sermon. And, that’s the beauty of turning sermon preparation into a team effort.
If you would like to listen to more of my thoughts on this subject, I invite you to click the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach.com website. Once there, you will be able to listen to Podcast No. 213. In that Podcast, I offer a number of very helpful suggestions for using the resources within your own congregation to significantly improve your sermon development process.
For quite a few weeks now, I’ve shared with you about my new book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is scheduled for release in early May. In the meantime, you may pre-order the book at Amazon.com by clicking here.
This book gives information about how to make your sermons memorable. And, it also gives some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what you’ve said.
Please click here to visit David Mains’ Sermon-Coach.com website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.
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