OUTREACH
is for
EVERYONE
General Conference
Women’s Ministries
EVANGELISM MANUAL
Training Program
OUTREACH IS FOR EVERYONE
Chapter 11
Chapter - 11. Evangelistic
Meetings
III
Evangelistic
Preparing and Presenting the Sermon
Meetings III:
Preparing and
Presenting the
Sermon
General Conference
Women’s Ministries Department
• Jesus, when preparing for some great trial or
some important work, would resort to the
solitude of the mountains and spend the
night in prayer to His Father. A night of prayer
preceded the ordination of the apostles and
the Sermon on the Mount, the transfiguration,
the agony of the judgment hall and the cross,
and the resurrection glory. Prayer, p. 173.2
• Sharing the message of a loving
Saviour is not limited to any age or
gender. The sin sick and discouraged
all around us need each of us to
help share the Good News.
• Most women are friendly and sociable.
They can use this ability to speak the
words of Christ to perishing souls. With
the Holy Spirit, we can become more
than conquerors, even in this.
Guidelines for Sermon
Preparation
• Be Prayerful. Consecrate yourself to God for
service.
• Be Biblical. Stories, news, and
popular authors may be useful. But
they are not our central focus. Our
focus must be on Scripture truths.
• Be prepared. To prepare a sermon,
just as any other speech, requires
work, thought and study.
• Be organized. Decide on the one main
point you want to make; then support
and explain it well.
• Be Professional. Be true to the text; do
not manipulate scripture. Search and
research the topic.
• Be Relevant. Relate Scripture to the
audience.
• Be yourself. Don’t be afraid to present
the topic from a woman’s point of view.
You can present a clear, appealing,
well-organized sermon, yet speak with
your own voice.
Creating Sermons
There really are only three things you need to do
in any speech or sermon.
• Tell the audience what you are going to tell
them. (Introduction)
• Tell them. (Body of sermon)
• Tell them what you told them. (Conclusion)
• Ellen White urges us to keep Christ at
the center of our evangelistic
sermons. “No discourse should ever
be preached without presenting
Christ and Him crucified as the
foundation of the gospel.” –
Evangelism, p. 186.
Parts of a Sermon
• Introduction. The first step in sermon
presentation is to get the attention of your
audience.
• Body. Now you are ready for the body of the
sermon. One way to develop the main body of
the sermon is by raising a question/problem and
giving the answer/solution.
• Be logical; move in a logical order
from one step to the next. Think how
you would explain it to a child.
Follow the same sequence but use
adult language and reasoning. Make
only one point at a time. Explain it
clearly. Then move on to the next
point.
• Conclusion. Tie the points of the
sermon together with a brief
conclusion that leads logically into
the appeal. Every sermon should call
people to decision. Tell the audience
what kind of decision you want
them to make and review how it
will benefit them.
Using a Prepared
Sermon Outline
If you will use a prepared sermon outline,
especially one prepared by someone else,
the following guidelines are vital.
• Know the topic well.
• Examine the sub-topics. Look
carefully at how the sermon is
organized, and how it progresses.
• Read the texts to see how they apply.
• Read other sources that add further
information.
• Illustrate the sermon using stories, news
items, or your own experiences.
• Write out the sermon word for word if
you have to.
• Practice presenting it aloud until you are
comfortable.
• During the preparation of the sermon,
you must be moved/transformed by it.
Even though you know the doctrine, it
must speak to you again personally.
You must be so touched that you want
to recommit your life to God. If it
touches you, it will touch others
through the Holy Spirit.
Sermon Presentation
• Be confident. God is in charge.
• Be sincere. Believe and practice what you
preach.
• Be practical. Make it plain and simple.
Explain “how to.”
• Be enthusiastic. Fire spreads.
• Be audience-friendly.
• Be inter-active
• Use your diaphragm
• Use eye contact
• Use appropriate body language. This
is a large part of communication.
• Be filled with the Spirit
• Relax. No one can do better at that
time or place.
Illustrating Your Sermon
• People will often remember your illustration
after they have forgotten the rest of the
sermon. For that reason, it is important that
your illustrations be memorable and to the
point.
• It is also important to make illustrations
culturally appropriate. The story must not be
offensive to anyone in the audience, and it
must be on a subject with which the
audience can identify.
• Well-chosen, appropriate
illustrations can make a sermon
memorable and help impress the
audience with the truths presented.