This course introduces students to preaching, the preacher, the audience, and basic elements of the sermon with concentration on expository preaching. This course is an advanced study of the organization, administration, and supervision of the total church program as it relates to the responsibilities of the pastor. Attention is also given to various leadership styles. This course discusses the principles and policies involved in conducting pastoral work.
Attention is given to the qualifications, call, and conduct of a pastor.
Suggested methods are presented for the conduct of public worship, funerals, weddings, baptisms, and the Lord s Supper. Careful study is made of the pastor s private and business life, his study, and his management of church problems. This course covers the basic principles necessary for the preparation and delivery of sermons. The various parts of a sermon, such as subject, theme, introduction, proposition, divisions, development, and conclusion are studied thoroughly. M-PT 202 Introduction to Homiletics.