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included, in their definitions, 'the Bible as the content
of preaching' less often than Baptist lecturers. Taken
together, the other four data lines listed in table 78
document closer similarity among Baptists and
Evangelicals, with both groups seeing the Bible (more
than the other two denominational groups) as an integral
part of preaching and the teaching of preaching.
Baptist and Evangelical lecturers pair their higher
regard for Scripture with a lower view of the preacher's
need to know his congregation.
Table 79
Bapt. Epis. Pres. Evan.
Question 8--Ranking of potential goals:
Purpose 2.7 2.4 1.8 2.8
Contemporary
world 5.0 4.2 4.6 5.0
Question 10--Lecture content relating to:
The
congregation 71.4% 80.0% 50.0% 38.5%
Purpose 71.4% 32.0% 50.0% 23.1%
Question 7--Definition of preaching (verbs-purpose):
Modification 14.3% 34.8% 33.3% 15.4%
Question 9--Preaching must be true to:
The
congregation 28.6% 26.1% 66.7% 33.3%
The world 0.0% 17.4% 0.0% 0.0%
The fact that immediately jumps off table 79 is
that, on each data line, the statistics indicate that
Evangelical lecturers see least (or close to least) need
for a preacher to preach to his congregation. This is
not surprising. The theologically predicted means
anticipated this opinion.
Baptist lecturers also give relatively low priority