Preaching the word of God in a secularised community

Abstract

Effectiveness of preaching the word of God depends largely on the preacher, his competence, zeal and knowledge. The effectiveness in question is affected by the preacher‘s testimony of faith, knowledge of the preached message and problems experienced by his listeners as well as ability to use words. The paper discusses the issue of a ministry of the preacher of the word of God in a secularised community. Consecutive parts of the reflection is devoted to reception of the preacher in a secularised community, spirituality, faith and testimony of the preacher of the word of God. Also, attitudes required of the preacher of the word of God as a leader of God‘s people and people‘s friend in a secularised community will be discussed. The last part concerns tasks of the preacher of the word of God and the impact of secularisation on formation of preachers of the word of God.