The growing cultural diversity of American society is mirrored in the pews and parishes of mainline denominations and represents a dynamic challenge to the effective proclamation of the gospel on both Sunday mornings and in parish educational venues. When people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds listen to the same sermon, it is more than likely that they will not hear the same message. Preaching to Every Pew, based on extensive field research, takes on the challenge of preaching in such a context. Valuable both as a seminary text and as a text to help practicing pastor re-tool for...

* Provides a specific and disciplined set of tools for study and analysis of contexts * Helps preachers to discern values, meanings, and worldviews in their contexts * Keyed to online sermon samples and other Web-based features to enhance teaching