2024 Preaching Peer Learning Cohort (PPLC)

What?

• A continuing education professional certificate program for pastors and preachers who regularly preach (minimum of 15 sermons per year) and want to sharpen their preaching in a lifelong pursuit of excellence.
• A community of 5-10 peers who learn from each other and with each other in a mutually supportive Preaching Peer Learning Cohort (PPLC) guided by an experienced preaching practitioner who serves as a mentor. Each Cohort meeting will also feature teaching from our Homiletical Scholar in Residence (Dr. Robert Smith, Jr.).
• An opportunity to explore five (5) key components of preaching excellence (The Person of the Preacher, Biblical Preaching, Application in Preaching, Celebration in Preaching, Sermon Delivery & Evaluation).

Who?

• PPLC members are primarily African American pastors and preachers born 1979 or later. While a primary focus is on those born 1979 or later, no one will be excluded who desires to participate in a PPLC.

When?

• Each PPLC will meet 2 hours monthly from August 2024 – May 2025. PPLC meeting formats include in-person, online (via Zoom), and hybrid.
• PPLC registration begins June 2024. The registration fee is a sliding scale based on average weekly worship attendance (in-person).

Cost?

• $1,000.00 registration fee
• 25% scholarship discount if your average weekly worship attendance is 101-500
• 50% scholarship discount if your average weekly attendance is 100 or less
• Payment plans are available (40% of cost due initially)

Registration Deadline?

• August 18th at 11:59 pm

The Clamp Center for Preaching Excellence is funded in part by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment Compelling Preaching Initiative. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Rev. Leroy R. Armstrong, Jr. at: larmstrong@andersonuniversity.edu

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