Expository Preaching in Africa

Engaging Orality for Effective Proclamation

Ezekiel A. Ajibade

• Publisher: HippoBooks
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781839732140
• eBook ISBN: 9781839734984
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

How can expository preaching, rooted in a textual analysis of Scripture, be effectively utilized in oral cultures? In Expository Preaching in Africa, Ezekiel A. Ajibade engages this challenge directly, offering practical techniques for integrating African oral elements – such as myths, proverbs, folklore, dance, drama, poetry, and storytelling – into preaching that is both biblical and African. Alongside numerous examples and tools, Ajibade provides a rich overview of the nature of orality, the history and development of African preaching, and the reason biblical exposition must be central to gospel proclamation. He reminds us that it is the word of God, incarnated among us, that has the power to transform lives and revitalize nations. Contextualized expository preaching is not, therefore, one technique to be utilized among many; it is, rather, the heart of biblical teaching and the future of the African church. While contributing significantly to studies in contextualization and homiletics, this book is immediately applicable to practitioners, especially African preachers and those working in oral contexts.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Homiletic Theories and the Concept of Expository Preaching
• 2 Form and Content in Expository Preaching
• 3 Africa in the History of Christian Preaching
• 4 Orality and Gospel Communication
• 5 Using African Orality to Contextualize Expository Preaching
• 6 Antecedents from Korean, African-American, and Ghanaian Experience
• 7 Sample Expository Sermons Based on African Orality
• 8 Dangers of Contextualization
• 9 Conclusion
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Appendix 6
• Bibliography
• Endnotes