Preaching to a Divided Nation
Matthew D. Kim
Paul A. Hoffman
Hoffman and Kim outline seven steps for preaching to a divided nation, leading our communities toward unity in a disintegrating culture.
About The Course
We live in tumultuous times: tensions across cultural, political, and religious divisions can leave Christian communities confused, anxious, and uncertain about how to navigate the fractures in our world. When those same divisions show up in our churches, many leaders are tempted to despair. Does the gospel of Jesus Christ truly have any good news for us in this moment?
Scholars and long-time friends Paul A. Hoffman and Matthew D. Kim are convinced that this is precisely the moment when pastors, teachers, and leaders have the greatest opportunity to promote reconciliation and unity. Drawing from their convictions, personal practices, pastoral experience in shepherding and preaching ministries, and academic training and scholarship, Hoffman and Kim offer fresh insights into navigating the many "-isms” in our world—the dangerous currents of ethno-centrism, classism, sexism, and political partisanism.
This course outlines Hoffman and Kim's seven steps for preaching to a divided nation, providing guidance, skills, and tools for leading our communities toward unity in a disintegrating culture.
The course is based on the book Preaching to a Divided Nation (Baker Publishing).
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Teaching This Course
Matthew D. Kim is professor of preaching and pastoral leadership and holds the George W. Truett Endowed Chair in Preaching and Evangelism at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Dr. Kim is the award-winning author and editor of more than a dozen books, including Preaching to People in Pain, The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching, Preaching with Cultural Intelligence, and Preaching to a Divided Nation.
Paul A. Hoffman serves as the lead pastor of Evangelical Friends Church of Newport, Rhode Island, since 2007. His life’s mission is contending for reconciliation, unity, and revival. He is a nationally recognized scholar and leader in the area of racial reconciliation, and provides leadership for and participates in various prayer and unity movements in the US and abroad. Dr. Hoffman has visited, lived in, studied in, or ministered in thirty-five countries on four continents.
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