Expository Preaching in a World of Spiritual Nominalism
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Expository Preaching in a World of Spiritual Nominalism

Exploring the Churches in India's North East

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eBook - ePub

Expository Preaching in a World of Spiritual Nominalism

Exploring the Churches in India's North East

About this book

The spiritual decay of nominalism threatens the established church worldwide. While spiritual lethargy is often addressed from the perspective of theology and discipleship, little attention has been given to the role of homiletics in revitalizing a congregation's spiritual health. In this study, Dr. Johnson Raih explores the impact of preaching on members of Baptist churches in Imphal, Manipur, India, from 2000 to 2015. He utilizes interviews and questionnaires from pastors, church leaders, and lay members to assess the presence of nominalism within church congregations, along with the effects of various preaching methods on increasing or decreasing spiritual vitality. Combining this qualitative research with scriptural and theological insight, Raih suggests that expository preaching has the power to confront, and even eradicate, nominalism within the church. He draws on biblical examples, along with the methodology of John Stott and Timothy Keller, to offer ten practical recommendations for countering nominalism homiletically – whether in Imphal, India, or around the world.

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Information

Publisher
Langham Monographs
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781839732232
eBook ISBN
9781839735998
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Ministry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Abstract
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Chapter 1 Introduction
  9. Chapter 2 Literature Review
  10. Chapter 3 Christianity in Manipur: Arrival, Growth, and the Early Preaching Movement
  11. Chapter 4 Description of the Data
  12. Chapter 5 Interpretation of the Data
  13. Chapter 6 Normative Task
  14. Chapter 7 Pragmatic Task
  15. Chapter 8 Conclusion
  16. Appendix 1 The Spectrum of Preaching
  17. Appendix 2 Open-Ended Research Questionnaire
  18. Appendix 3 Some Other Ways to Address Nominalism
  19. Appendix 4 List of Some Theologically Trained MBC Leaders
  20. Appendix 5 Political Map of Manipur in the Context of Global Map
  21. Appendix 6 A Political Map of India
  22. Appendix 7 Manipur Map
  23. Appendix 8 Imphal Map
  24. Appendix 9 Semi-Structured Interview Questions
  25. Appendix 10 Pilot Survey Questionnaire
  26. Appendix 11 Pilot Survey Interview Questions
  27. Appendix 12 General Challenges to the Spirituality of the Members
  28. Bibliography
  29. About Langham Partnership
  30. Endnotes