Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

APPENDIX THREE
Number of Hours Devoted to Teaching Preaching:
The responses ranged from 2 to 413. The median figure
was 40.
Average Ranking of Priorities in Teaching Preaching:
(1h1ghest priority, 6—lowest)
2.3 To help students see God as the ultimate source of
preaching
2.4 To help students understand the purpose of
preaching
3.5 To help students develop a theology which provides
content for preaching
3.6 To help students develop communications skills
4.6 To help students develop Christian maturity
4.7 To help students understand the world in which
they serve
Analysis of Lecture Content--the percentage of lecturers who
mentioned lecture subjects falling the following categories:
The Bible 69.8%
The con gregation receiving a sermon 66.0%
The construction of a sermon 66.0%
Communication skills 64.2%
The preacher's personal spiritual life 37.7%
The purpose of preaching 34.0%
The theolo g ical content of preaching 26.4%
Prayer 15.1%
The person of Jesus Christ 15.1%
Breadth of preaching content 11.3%
The work of the Holy Spirit 11.3%
"Power" 11.3%
Purpose of Preaching—Percentage of lecturers who, in their
definition of preaching, included a verb falling into one of
these categories:
Communication — verbs focussing on delivery and
reception of a message 57.1%
Proclamation — verbs focussing on authoritative
delivery of a message 53.8%
Interpretation — verbs focussing on the exposition or
explanation of Bible content 25%
Modification — verbs focussing on a change sought
within the hearers 21.5%
Content of Preaching—Percentage of lecturers who, in their
definition of preachin g , included a noun falling into one of
these categories:
Biblical content 42.3%
A theological construct (e.g., gospel, truth) 40.4%
God's Word 38.4%
God — some member of the Trinity 32.7%
Standards by Which Sermons are Judged—percenta ge of
lecturers whose responses to the question, "Preaching must
be true to:" fell into the following categories:
The Bible 73.5%
Himself 49.0%