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" Contextual Preaching: "
Ogunbanwo, Babatunde Fadefoluwa Rotimi
Hiatt, Jeff
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1106886
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TLpq2418692956
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Hiatt, Jeff
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Ogunbanwo, Babatunde Fadefoluwa Rotimi
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Contextual Preaching:\ Ogunbanwo, Babatunde Fadefoluwa RotimiHiatt, Jeff
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Asbury Theological Seminary
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2020
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2020
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D.Min.
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150
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| Abstract
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The purpose of this project was to measure the changes in knowledge, attitude and behavior among clergy and lay pastors from the Anglican Diocese of Ijebu South West, Nigeria who participated in a twelve–week training event on contextual preaching. The problem addressed by the research was the contradiction between faith commitment and lived experiences among Christians in the Anglican diocese of Ijebu South-West, Nigeria. The Diocese of Ijebu South-West is a Diocese within the Anglican Church in Nigeria, domiciled in the Ijebu cultural context of Yorubaland of South-West, Nigeria. The Diocese is to proclaim the gospel of Christ within the Ijebu cultural context which is very different from Christianity in their world-view, theology and spirituality. Thus, it is important in this context for preachers to plan and prepare their sermons in a way that the Bible and its core doctrines will be taught in a contextual way and systematically. Hence for the Clergy and lay pastors in the Diocese of Ijebu South West to be relevant in the context of the Diocese, there is a need for a preacher in the local context of the people to be trained in contextual preaching. This project thus seeks to make a contribution toward a contextualized approach to preaching among the Yoruba of Nigeria with particular reference to the Ijebu Christians in the Diocese of Ijebu South-West. The purpose of this project was to measure the change in knowledge, attitude and behavior among Clergy and lay pastor form the Anglican Diocese of Ijebu South-West, Nigeria who participated in twelve-week training event on contextual preaching. The data gathered from this project produced significant findings on the matter of contextual preaching in the Yoruba cultural context of Ijebu South-West. The findings may be relevant to any Christian church which is open to the use of contextual preaching. Some of the findings includes: that a preaching that will be meaningful must engage with the cultural context of the people. Effective proclamation of the gospel will be achieved if the cultural experiences and identity of the Yorubas are accommodated. Contextual preaching is a very good tool in presenting the biblical message to the audience/listeners in the Yoruba cultural context of the Diocese of Ijebu South-West. The contextual preaching training done among clergy and lay pastors in the Diocese of Ijebu South-West has the capacity to increase the effectiveness of contextual preaching and produce changes in the attitude, knowledge and behaviour of participants.
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African studies
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Clergy
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Religion
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Religious education
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