Summer 2009/Pasadena
Five-week Intensive
PR521
Sánchez

PR521: PREDICANDO EN UN CONTEXTO MULTICULTURAL [Preaching in a Multicultural Context].
Jorge Sánchez.


DESCRIPTION: This a four-unit preaching seminar for people with preaching experience in the Spanish-speaking world. It focuses on preaching and communication models from outside the Latino community and on tools for preaching in a multicultural context.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: The practicum seeks the following goals for each student:

Cognitive: Understanding of the challenges faced in preaching in a cross-cultural or multicultural setting.

Affective: Developing an appreciation for preaching techniques from several cultural settings.

Skills: Communication tools for crossing cultural borders in preaching and for evaluating one's own preaching experiences in cross-cultural and multicultural settings.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: Preachers from Latino churches need to communicate in cross-cultural and multicultural settings. Learning from preaching in other cultural contexts broadens the communications skills of the preacher both within and beyond the Latino community.

COURSE FORMAT: The seminar will meet in a five-week intensive format, for four-hour sessions twice weekly. The focus will be on the presentation of sermons and group feedback. Small blocks of evaluation and instruction will also be included.

REQUIRED READING:
Course Reader: Multicultural Preaching.

RECOMMENDED READING:
LaRue, Cleophus. The Heart of Black Preaching. Westminster/John Knox, 2000.

Nieman, James & Rogers. Preaching to Every Pew: Cross-cultural Strategies. Fortress Press, 2001.

ASSIGNMENTS:
  1. Preparation and preaching of five sermons, including self-evaluation of videotape (50%).

  2. Reading of all assigned texts and 100 pp. from recommended reading (20%).

  3. Analysis of two sermons by non-Latino preachers (10%).

  4. Analysis of five sermons by fellow students (20%).

PREREQUISITES: PR500. Spanish.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Preaching and Communication (MIN2).

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (4/09)