One of the trends that church watchers are seeing: The solo preacher is being replaced by the team of teachers.
I sort of see this in the way of retail.
The preacher is like the sales person. In many ways they have a product. The application at the end of a sermon is always towards buying into the product. That might be salvation, morality, spirituality, wholeness, . . . whatever. We used to say the altar call was the end of the sermon.
The teacher is like the service technician. When all is said and done, they come along and make sure that all gets said and done. In a day and age when discipleship is being featured in churches, there is no wonder that teachers are becoming more prominent in church services than preachers. We now would say the climax of understanding is the end of the sermon.
Of course, as my younger brother would dispute: Is there really a difference between the preacher and the teacher?
Yes, if you take my definitions.
How would you see the changing face of “preaching” in the church?
Oops – it’s been a busy week so I missed this earlier . . . what younger brother would that be? The aim . . . volition vs cognition . . . is that the difference? A holistic approach where cognition and volition intertwine and interact provides a foundation for examining ‘teaching’ and ‘preaching.’
Like the comment! I think there needs to be a new name. Making we could call the intertwining of volition and cognition “volcog”. So you would be volcoging on a Sunday morning and the front of the church would end up being filled with people who just felt the need to learn something??