SMBC 2027 Preaching Conference
Preaching to Remember: The Never-Failing Word of the Ever-Faithful God
Tuesday 2 March | Intro to Expository Preaching Workshop
Wednesday 3 – Thursday 4 March | Preaching Conference
Friday 5 March | Preaching Masterclass
For more information on the program see our website.
People’s lives are saturated with data, distraction and competing stories and sermons might feel like just more efficiently organised information. Or they can bring the never-failing Word of the ever-faithful God into life right now. In March, SMBC will welcome Jeffrey Arthurs, a richly experienced trainer of preachers and, with Kirk Patston and other practitioners, we will discuss, model and practise Preaching to Remember.
In Preaching as Reminding Jeff writes that preachers need to ‘learn to stir memory…We must rouse that which is already present in the child of God: knowledge of our Father’s love and majesty.’ Reminding is no mere repeating ‘threadbare platitudes’ but involves the use of language, story, delivery and ceremony to prompt and form the believer and the community. Join us in March 2027 to remember your own passion for preaching and to grow in your craft.
Keynote Speakers
Jeffrey Arthurs
Jeffrey Arthurs’ passion is preaching, and he uses his wide-ranging communication experience as a teacher, missionary, director and consultant to equip others for more effective proclamation of the Word. Jeff has taught preaching and communication in more than a dozen colleges and seminaries in the U.S. and abroad. In the past he served as the Haddon W. Robinson Professor of Preaching and Communication and chair of the Division of Practical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Currently he is professor and chair at Dallas Theological Seminary. Jeff has served as pastor and interim pastor of five churches. He is a founding member and past-president of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and an active scholar. He is the author of several books on preaching.
Kirk Patston
Kirk Patston is the Director of the SMBC Centre for Preaching and Pastoral Ministry. He has taught Old Testament and practical theology at SMBC since 2000. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and a popular conference speaker.
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