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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Sermon Preparation: Get Help From a Lay Research Team


Any pastor – no matter how small his church – can have a research team.

No matter what size your congregation, there are people in your church who like to read and research. They are SHAPEd by God for this very thing. They’ll be thrilled to help you with your sermon preparation, if you just give them a list of your sermon topics.

I meet with my lay research team every few months, and I explain to them the direction I’m headed with my sermons, including any sermon series that I’ll preach. I then tell them what to look for – quotes, illustrations, articles, statistics.

Here are some tips for doing this --

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