How can we teach and learn authentically in a postchristendom culture? Is the monologue sermon still appropriate? Was it ever?! This site is an attempt to begin discussing these questions, whilst exploring the possibility and practicality of interactive preaching.

Interactive Preaching is characterized by four features:

1. It is learner-focused, concerned more about what is learned than what is taught, more about the outcome than the methodology.

2. It is multi-voiced, not dominated by one voice but open to participation by many people.

3. It is open-ended, prepared to leave loose ends and to live with uncertainty, to run the risk of allowing people space to think, to explore...

4. It is dialogue-based, making room for questions, comments, challenges, ideas and exploration.

Launching the site... properly!

Submitted by graham on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 22:28.

The site was due to come out of 'beta' stage a the beginning of September. However, with the conference coming up...

Preaching and Contemporary Culture Conference

Submitted by graham on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 20:09.

Preaching in a Changing Culture Conference to be held on Saturday October 18th.

The interaction has begun!

Submitted by graham on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 10:53.

Jonathan has made an edit to an old sermon that I posted in the wiki.

Articles

Browse our articles on the history, theology and practice of interactive preaching.
  

Sermonwiki

Join-in with the Sermonwiki : our experiment in open source sermons and communal preaching!  

  

Reviews

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Welcome!

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Comments

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You can see a list of the most recent comments added to the site below.
  

Feedback

We'd appreciate to hear any feedback you might want to make, or ideas you have for improving the site

  

On the other hand...

In the interests of fair disclosure, we are providing links - and discussing articles, arguments and ideas - in favour or monologue sermons.  

We also want to openly listen to the concerns of those might be uneasy about the concept of interactive preaching.  

This might also be the place where we share our own mistakes and mis-steps along the way!
  

Interact!

You can also interact with the arguments for and against interactive preaching in our forum, as well as in comments on the arguments throughout the site.