Center for Pastor Theologians Journal Vol. 12.1: Essays on a Theology of the Word

The Center for Pastor Theologians, through the generous support of the Lilly Foundation, is engaged in a multi-year process of articulating a theology of preaching. Our conviction is that, though evangelicalism centers the sermon, it does not have a robust theology of preaching. Because of this, non-theologically driven methods often shape the church’s preaching, resulting in preaching that is formed by techniques borrowed from the culture.
Our response to this is to cast a vision for a more robust theological account of preaching for evangelicalism that is rooted in the doctrines of the Word, the Spirit, and the Church. The essays in this volume arise from the reflections of our community on a theology of the Word and preaching. Through these reflections, three themes have taken on central importance in our thinking.