Austin. Cincinnati. Atlanta. Palm Beach. Kansas City. Fort Worth. Evansville. Nashville.
These are a few of the sites planning to host a Festival of Young Preachers during 2012. Some will be small and some will be large, but most will take as their preaching theme: Gospel and the City.
It is a rich and provocative theme and sure to inspire wonderful preaching all over the country. Many of the most memorable texts in the Bible help elucidate this theme: Abraham leaving the city for an unknown destination; Jeremiah preaching in the city center and his walk around the walls of a dilapidated city; Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus in a near-by city and His direction the disciples to begin their witness in the city; John seeing a vision of a city descend from heaven.
We have gathered 24 of these biblical texts under our rubric Gospel and the City and arranged them under four topics: Preaching Gospel, Doing Justice, Making Home and Finding Hope. All gospel preachers, from the beginner to the most experienced, will find in this biblical material sufficient inspiration to light the imagination, stir the soul, and motivate the will.
See the complete list of 2012 preaching texts here. Stay tuned for more news about the 2013 National Festival of Young Preachers, January 2-5, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead. Registration for that spectacular event will open March 1.
Get ready to register and get ready to preach!
