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Preaching the Tough Positions: Persuasive Prophetic Preaching for a New Age

Is the church really dying? Or is it dying to change?

Posted May 18th, 2021

Like great Black preachers from previous generations, including Dr. James Cone and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., modern-day prophetic preachers have two main jobs, Dr. Anthea Butler said Monday during the first day of the Festival of Homiletics: bringing solace to people in the pews in times of trouble and speaking truth to power.