Sermon At The Word Of Faith Christian Church Delivered By...

On Tuesday, November 26, I critically listened to a sermon at The Word of Faith Christian Church delivered by Pastor Julius Stephens. It was a regular Tuesday bible study with about eight people. Pastor Stephens s topic for the day was everybody has a purpose. In this paper, I will critique Pastor Stephens s sermon based on its introduction, body, delivery, conclusion and finally my overall reaction to his speech. The reason for the speaker s sermon was to ensure his audience realizes their worth. Pastor Stephens speech introduction started with an attention-getting device and then followed with a Short anecdote which he used to further explain his topic. His attention-getting device was the quotation If you don t know the purpose of†¦show more content†¦To enable better understanding Pastor Stephens s maintained good volume in speaking marking sure we didn t have to strain to hear him. He also made the sermon very interactive asking a lot of question and asked the views of his audience on an issue in order to engage them. He maintained good eye contact and didn t use a lot of hand gestures so he didn t distract his audience from the topic. He used spoke audaciously, he took risks in saying things that may or may not hurt people s feelings in order to pass his point effectively. The speaker also made use of transition words this made his sermon coherent. The body of the sermon was mostly centralized on the purpose of each and every one of us in the church, the saying everything happens for a reason and his view on it. He stated that every person in the church has a particular purpose. He used the example of a human s body stating that every part of the body has particular purposes. He went further to say in the body of Christ some of us maybe the legs, the eyes, the mouth, and the eyes of the church. He said every one of us has a purpose in the church as every part of our body has a particular task to perform. He said those of us who are evangelist are the mouth of the church; he said those of us who are givers are the hands of the church, and those of us who have the money to sponsor the movement of the gospel around the world are the feet. This example made me and other audience member understand our