| dc.description.abstract | In an effort to aid the pastors of our Wisconsin Synod in their continued growth in
preaching, I have sought to create an online peer sermon review tool that WELS pastors can use
to sharpen both their sermon content and delivery. The following paper assesses the feasibility
and usefulness of such a tool for the busy parish pastor. The paper will focus on growth in
preaching facilitated and driven by peers in the ministry through sermon evaluation. It will
examine biblical support and contemporary encouragement for continuing education, growth in
preaching for pastors, as well as the concept of peer review. Previous work done in the WELS in
the area of peer sermon review and new quantitative research from WELS parish pastors will
also be examined in this paper. A tool meant to promote positive peer preaching critiques will
need to be practical, useable, and accessible in order for it be of benefit to WELS pastors. To this
end the research I conducted sought the input of WELS pastors with a wide range of experience
who shared their views on how feasible and useful this type of growth-in-preaching tool might
be. Included in this paper is a proposal for using an online sermon review tool which has been
put online for testing and refining purposes on Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s Seminary Online
continuing education website. | en_US |
