The title of John Killinger's newest book, "Preaching To A Church
In Crisis," is meant to underline the uniqueness of the present
situation in mainline Protestantism, and perhaps the urgency of it,
but not to sensationalize it. He makes the point that inasmuch as
the mainline churches for so many years established the social and
political norms in our country, as well as the spiritual norms, any
crisis in their existence becomes a major crisis in modern
Christendom, and, by extension, in American life as a whole.
In the opening chapters of the book Killinger creates a general
understanding of the malaise now affecting our churches. He then
extrapolates from that understanding a sense of the moods and
feelings affecting the people in America's congregations. Answering
the question of what influence the disintegration of the mainline
church has on the psyche of the persons attending these
congregations, he places the preacher in a better position for
thinking about preaching and what its hallmarks must be in order to
speak truly and effectively for the gospel in our time.
"I don't think I'm tipping my hand to say that preachers have not
faced such challenges, or lived in such a tumultuous era, since the
days of the Reformation itself when a similar series of shocks and
stresses occurred in the history and culture of the world. Then, a
revolution of far-reaching and deeply felt consequences produced
radical changes in the life of the church and in the way many
preachers came to understand their calling and their craft.... The
fundamentalist and traditionalist voices attempting to reinforce
the dogmas and emphases of an earlier age, sincere and faithful as
they may be, do no service to the church or the world at this point
in what is transpiring."(from author introduction)
Though anguish fills these pages at times, the profound and
hope-filled review of the themes and factors Killinger feels
necessary to turn the tide will inspire and motivate the modern
preacher. This is one of the most forceful and insightful books on
preaching and the modern day church to appear in years.
John Killinger, one of the best known preachers and teachers of
preachers in America, has pastored churches In Kentucky,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia, and California. He has taught
preaching, worship, and literature at Vanderbilt Divinity School,
Princeton Theological Seminary, The University of Chicago, and the
School of Theology at Claremont. His book"The Fundamentals Of
Preaching"is widely used as a textbook in preaching.
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