Preaching the Good News in Uncertain Times – May 7

The Good News is timeless and universal and we are called to preach it into specific times and places. Right now, the COVID 19 pandemic is challenging all aspects of daily life, worship, and preaching. How might this global reality impact preparation, composition, and delivery of sermons?

This is a presentation, conversation, and sharing of insights about preaching the Good News during this time. The session was hosted by Pastor Lamar Bailey, (Director for Evangelical Mission, Metro, DC Synod) featuring Pastor Hank Langknecht, formerly Professor of Homiletics at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio.

Our Presenter
The Rev. Dr. Hank Langknecht currently serves as pastor at Christ the King in Great Falls, VA. Before moving to Virginia he was the Haman-Pfahler professor of homiletics and communication at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He received his Th.D. in 2008 in homiletics at the University of Toronto.

Pastor Langknecht’s major research/reading interests are the literal sense of Scripture; biblical interpretation for preaching; metaphor and imagination; the emergent/missional church; and sermon form and composition.