Preaching That Speaks to Women

by Alice P. Mathews

Book Overview

In most congregations women outnumber men. And yet masculine anecdotes still dominate many sermons and women feel detached from the messages conveyed from the pulpit. How can a pastor minister effectively to both men and women? 'Preaching that speaks to women' invites preachers to consider the different ways that men and women listen and learn, and calls them to preaching that relates to the entire congregation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851119905
• ISBN13: 9780851119908
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Preaching to women doesn't seem much different to preaching to people

I aim to read at least one book on preaching every year, and two things in particular stand out in this one. In the first place, Mathews raises three questions that every preacher should ask: What does the text mean? Is it true? So what? In other words, preaching involves explaining, proving and applying. Secondly, Mathews has some helpful things to say about eschewing power. That is something I really need to remind myself of as a minister. Yet neither of these things have much to do with preaching to women in particular. I finished this book wondering how preaching to women is different to preaching to men. Indeed, the great need in the church today is not that preachers learn how to preach to women, but that they learn how to preach full stop.