Preaching With Power
Rev. Dr. Gennifer Brooks
This workshop addresses the understanding of power in the pulpit and what is required in the development and preaching of sermons that harness the power of the Holy Spirit to make a difference in the life of the hearers. It debunks the belief that power preaching is the purview of the preacher, or is associated with a particular style or genre of preaching. The workshop includes both theory and practice and attendees will be required to develop and deliver portions of a sermon. Attendees are asked to bring a sermon that they have preached recently.
REV. DR. GENNIFER BROOKS is Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Brooks is an ordained elder and full clergy member of the New York Conference of the UMC. She has served rural, suburban and urban churches, or small, medium, and large sizes and in cross-cultural, cross-racial appointments. She was the Assistant Dean of New Brunswick Theological Seminary for four years. Before entering the ordained ministry, she was an upper middle level manager in the corporate business world of computer business systems design and development. She holds a Bachelor of Business, cum laude and an M.B.A. from Pace University and a Master of Divinity, summa cum laude, a Doctor of Ministry from New Brunswick Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Philosophy in Liturgical Studies with an emphasis on Homiletics from Drew University. Dr. Brooks has held many leadership positions in the New York Conference and across the UMC. She is known for her skills as a Christian Education and Church Leadership workshop leader and as a spiritual retreat leader. Dr. Brooks is the author of Praise the Lord, a book of liturgy.
Apr 18-19, 2007 (Wed 10AM-Thu 4PM)
