Episode 25: A Career in Preaching - Part 1 with Bishop Ken Carter

What this episode covers

Thanks for checking out this episode of Art of the Sermon! Be sure to subscribe through iTunes, Google Play Music, or your favorite podcast app. If you enjoy this episode, leave a review on our podcast’s page in the iTunes store. This will help others discover the show! Guest: Bishop Ken Carter, Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church and President-Elect of the UMC Council of Bishops General Topic: The role preaching has played from local pastor to bishop Introduction to Bishop Carter (1:10) Philosophy and general approach to preaching (3:04) Preaching in the local church (4:39) Adapting sermons to multiple churches (7:33) Finding opportunities to preach while serving as an associate pastor (9:18) How preaching changed while serving a larger church (11:43) Bishop Carter’s sermon preparation process (15:01) Serving as a District Superintendent (19:11) Role of preaching in serving as a bishop (21:13) Role of sermons at Annual Conference/Church Meetings (24:54) Reaching out to our guest Bishop[at]FLUMC[dot]org https://twitter.com/bishopkencarter (@BishopKenCarter) (Twitter) Next Episode arrives October 20, 2016! Part 2 of our interview with Bishop Ken Carter of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church Connect with the Show I would love to hear what you think about the show—especially this episode. You can connect with the show and send me your feedback through the following channels: Facebook - Facebook.com/ArtOfTheSermon Twitter- Twitter.com/ArtOfTheSermon Instagram- Instagram.com/ArtOfTheSermon Comment on the Show Notes post at http://www.defininggrace.com/aots/025 (ArtOfTheSermon.com) Art of the Sermon is a project by Dan Wunderlich of Defining Grace. Learn more at DefiningGrace.com Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in these show notes may be “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Defining Grace is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Links: http://www.flumc.org/ (Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church) http://www.umc.org/who-we-are/council-of-bishops (The UMC Council of Bishops) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1250061539/defigrac-20 ("Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds" by Carmine Gallo) https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8andtext=Zan+W.+Holmes+JR.andsearch-alias=booksandfield-author=Zan+W.+Holmes+JR.andsort=relevancerankandlinkCode=sl2andtag=defigrac-20andlinkId=0c557891566ab55ac4027e96e6d58424 (Zan Holmes, Jr.) https://www.amazon.com/William-H.-Willimon/e/B001IGHNA0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?qid=1474636825andsr=1-1andlinkCode=sl2andtag=defigrac-20andlinkId=52f170270e650db353b3d0574f2f28ce (Will Willimon)