On Friday, 14 August at 14:00 CAT, Dr Ezekiel Ajibade, an associate professor of Christian Preaching and President of the African Homiletics Society, will be speaking on “Expository Preaching in the African Context”.

There may be various methods of presenting a sermon, but the expositional method stands out as highly effective for its faithfulness to the biblical text. Some have, therefore, rightly termed expository preaching 'text-driven' preaching. But expository preaching must never be boring and must communicate to the listeners in their context. Africans have their own unique way of listening to and processing information. Being a highly oral people, effective communication, and in this case, biblical communication, must consider oral elements such as stories, proverbs, songs, drama, myths, and folklore that help convey messages to a typical African audience. How these elements are engaged also depends on the interface between the text genre, the sermon structure, and the specific audience being addressed. In all, effective preaching with oral elements can help not only to bring many more to salvation in Christ but also to disciple those who already know him. 

Short Bio 

Ezekiel Ajibade is an Associate Professor of Christian Preaching and the President of the African Homiletics Society. He is also a Fellow of the Stephen Olford Center for Biblical Preaching, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and a Visiting Scholar to Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He is the Regional Director for the International Orality Network, Africa. He has published several books and academic journals, including Expository Preaching in Africa: Engaging Orality for Effective Proclamation. He currently resides in Lagos, Nigeria, where he is the Rector of the Baptist College of Theology. He is happily married to Olajoke and blessed with Sharon, Victor, and other sons and daughters in the Lord. 

Attendance of these events is free and open to anyone.

Click: https://sats.gl.reu1.blindsidenetworks.com/rooms/82m-wkp-hz1-4zr  to join on Friday, 14 August @14:00 CAT.