Preaching Good News from the Whole Bible
Rev. Dr. Gennifer Brooks

The responsibility of the preacher is to offer good news to the congregation at every event of preaching. The spe-cific offering of good news emanates from the biblical text, and the preacher is often challenged by those texts that seem to represent anything but good news. This workshop addresses the challenge of finding and offering good news from the whole Bible and especially those texts that are considered difficult and challenging. Attendees are asked to bring a sermon that they have struggled to interpret and preach as good news.

REV. DR. GENNIFER BENJAMIN BROOKS is Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Director of the Styberg Preaching Institute at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She is an ordained elder and full clergy member of the New York Conference of The United Methodist Church. She holds a Bachelor of Business, cum laude and a Master of Business Administration from Pace University, a Master of Divinity, summa cum laude, and a Doctor of Ministry from New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Liturgical Studies from Drew University. Dr. Brooks is a Harry Hoosier member and has served at the local, jurisdictional and national levels of Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR), the official Black caucus of The United Methodist Church. She is a founding member of Black Clergywomen of the United Methodist Church (BCWUMC).