Expository Preaching in Africa: Engaging Orality for Effective Proclamation

by Ezekiel A. Ajibade

Publisher:

Hippo Books

, 2021

Overview

How can expository preaching, rooted in a textual analysis of Scripture, be effectively utilized in oral cultures? In Expository Preaching in Africa, Ezekiel A. Ajibade engages this challenge directly, offering practical techniques for integrating African oral elements—such as myths, proverbs, folklore, dance, drama, poetry, and storytelling—into preaching that is both biblical and African. Alongside numerous examples and tools, Ajibade provides a rich overview of the nature of orality, the history and development of African preaching, and the reason biblical exposition must be central to gospel proclamation. He reminds us that it is the word of God, incarnated among us, that has the power to transform lives and revitalize nations. Contextualized expository preaching is not, therefore, one technique to be utilized among many; it is, rather, the heart of biblical teaching and the future of the African church.

While contributing significantly to studies in contextualization and homiletics, this book is immediately applicable to practitioners, especially African preachers and those working in oral contexts.

Key Features

• Provides a rich overview of the nature of orality
• Explores the history and development of African preaching, and the reason biblical exposition must be central to gospel proclamation

Contents

• Introduction
• Homiletic Theories and the Concept of Expository Preaching
• Form and Content in Expository Preaching
• Africa in the History of Christian Preaching
• Orality and Gospel Communication
• Using African Orality to Contextualize Expository Preaching
• Antecedents from Korean, African-American, and Ghanaian Experience
• Sample Expository Sermons Based on African Orality
• Dangers of Contextualization
• Conclusion

Praise for the Print Edition

Every preacher preaching in an African context will benefit from this excellent work. Indeed, there is much to be learned here for any preacher in any context!

—David L. Allen, PhD

This publication that contextualizes expository preaching in the African context is innovative and exciting. The principles and techniques for effective biblical proclamation through orality, as espoused by Dr. Ezekiel Ajibade, deserve to be considered and applied to advance the Great Commission, to grow the church, and to expand the kingdom of God. I am glad to recommend and commend it to enrich contemporary homiletical scholarship and practice worldwide.

—Emiola Nihinlola, PhD

Product Details

• Title: Expository Preaching in Africa: Engaging Orality for Effective Proclamation
• Author: Ezekiel A. Ajibade
• Publisher: Hippo Books
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 235
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Expository preaching › Africa; Oral tradition › Africa; Textual preaching › Africa
• ISBNs: 9781839732140, 9781839734984, 9781839734991, 9781839735004, 1839732148, 1839734981, 183973499, 1839735007, 183973499X
• Resource ID: LLS:EXPREACHAFRICA
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:48:23Z

About Ezekiel A. Ajibade

Ezekiel A. Ajibade holds a PhD in Christian Preaching from Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, where he currently lectures. He is a former fellow of the Stephen Olford Center for Biblical Preaching, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and visiting scholar to Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He has authored several books and journal articles including Treasure Mine: Living Gems from Searching the Scripture, and he served as a pastor for fifteen years before pursuing a career in theological education.