Dear Church Leader:
SermonCentral is a site about effective, efficient and biblical sermon preparation. But today, we are not addressing preparation, but rather what happens after you preach—a sermon “postmortem.”
We are blessed with a breadth and depth of content because talented and wise pastors from around the world work hard and share their material with the rest of the community. Each month, more than 275,000 different church leaders come to our site and view more than 8 million pages of content. Today we’d like to share some input from the top-10 contributors who have the most-viewed sermons on our site. These preachers are (in random order):
- Melvin Newland, Ridge Chapel, Kansas, OK
- Rodney Buchanan, retired, Mount Vernon, OH
- Steve Malone, The Bridge—A Christian Church, Orlando, FL
- Paul Fritz, Trinity College, New Port Richey, Florida
- Jeff Strite, Church of Christ at Logansport, IN
- John Hamby, First Baptist Church, Vilonia, AR
- James May, Victory Temple Pentecostal Church of God, Prairieville, LA
- Jerry Shirley, Grace Baptist Church, Decatur, IL
- Brian Bill, Pontiac Bible Church, Pontiac, IL
- Steve Shepherd, Jonesboro Christian Church, Jonesboro, AR
Toni Ridgaway has interviewed these experienced and popular pastors regarding how they feel about and handle the post-sermon-delivery experience. You can read a summary of the interview and share your own thoughts in a survey about your post-sermon experience as well.
Also, Max Lucado will be joining us on September 2 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time for a toll-free teleconference on the topic of “Preaching on Fear to a Fearful Audience.” I invite you to register and join us for this free training event.
Thanks for being part of the SermonCentral community.
Ron Forseth
General Editor
SermonCentral.com
The Survey Postmortem
An Interview with SermonCentral’s
Top-10 Most-Viewed Contributors
Recently, SermonCentral surveyed the top-10 most viewed sermon contributors on our site on the subject of what happens after they preach a message—how they react, how they can tell if the sermon accomplished what they had hoped, how they restore themselves afterwards, and what feedback is important to them. All ten pastors have preached for more than ten years, most more than twenty. They come from all over the United States from churches of all sizes.
When asked how they typically feel after preaching, responses varied from “physically tired,” to “satisfied and fulfilled,” to “grateful/humble.” A few even used the word “exhilarated.” But clearly there’s mixed emotion within the pastor following the completion of a sermon that can defy exact description. Pastor Brian Bill from Pontiac Bible Church in Pontiac, IL said he was “grateful for the awesome privilege” of preaching, and that he often feels “drained and pumped up at the same time.” Pastor Rodney Buchanan, a retired pastor from Mount Vernon, OH, said he feels “spent in a positive way.” Pastor John Hamby of First Baptist Church in Vilonia, AR said “there is typically a sense of release, whether I feel it went well or not.”
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