Preaching in the Black Church

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This paper reviews the art of preaching to a black congregation from a number of highly respected sources, all of which have valuable contributions to offer. The paper discusses the views of the "Dean of the nation's black preachers," Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, as well as those of other highly regarded preachers, such as Rev. Frank Thomas and Rev. Cleophus James LaRue among others.
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Introduction
Rev. Frank Thomas
Rev. Fred Craddock
Rev. Cleophus James LaRue
The Four Themes
Richard Lischer - The Preacher King
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Rev. Gardner C. Taylor
Conclusion

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"Major League Baseball's Frank Thomas is known as "The Big Hurt," a powerful, slugging veteran who carries a big stick for the Chicago White Sox; but there's another powerful Frank Thomas, this one's in the clergy; he goes to bat for black preachers who seek strategies on the art of delivering a great and emotionally dynamic sermon. He hits a home run with every great approach he passes on to readers.
In fact, Frank A. Thomas is the pastor of New Faith Baptist Church in Matteson, Illinois, and author of They Like to Never Quit Praisin' God: The Role of Celebration in Preaching. Rev. Thomas writes in his Preface: "As a preacher of African American heritage, I wondered what peculiar gifts were/are the legacy of this preaching tradition that could shed light on the subject of good preaching" for his book."

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