The Gospel Arc : a preaching model to help preachers experience a living encounter with Jesus Christ and his salvation with all of Scripture while preparing and proclaiming the sermon.

Abstract

Those who preach with him in view, encounter him anew. This project will introduce the Gospel Arc preaching model to address the need for preachers to experience a living encounter with Jesus Christ and his salvation with the biblical text while preparing and proclaiming the sermon. The project will implement the Gospel Arc preaching model intervention with two mixed components: 1) a quantitative pre- and post-survey, and 2) the qualitative components of training local pastors in the Gospel Arc preaching model, implementing them in the participants’ own preaching contexts for three weeks in close succession, and keeping a weekly guided journal during the Gospel Arc preaching model intervention. The purpose of the Gospel Arc preaching model intervention will be to determine the effect that the Gospel Arc preaching model has on the preacher’s experience of Jesus Christ and his salvation within the biblical text while preparing and proclaiming the sermon.