Matthew Kim

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Matthew D. Kim is Professor of Preaching and Pastoral Leadership, holder of the George W. Truett Endowed Chair in Preaching and Evangelism, and director of the PhD in Preaching program at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. He is a past President of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and a Senior Fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians. Kim is the award-winning author of numerous books, including Ready to Preach: An Introduction to Homiletics (Baker Academic, 2026), Becoming a Friendlier Church: A Pathway to Genuine Community (Baker, 2026), What's God Saying Here?: How to Navigate Awkward, Troubling, and Bizarre Passages We Would Rather Skip (Zondervan, 2025), and Preaching with Cultural Intelligence: Understanding the People Who Hear Our Sermons (Baker Academic, 2017).

Guests expect a friendly church, but it’s not always what they experience. As church leaders, we might believe that we are the friendliest church in town. In fact, according to a study done by Thom Rainer, virtually all churches overestimated their...

Author - Matthew Kim

2 Reasons Your Church May Not Be as Friendly as You Think