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Craft An Effective Sermon By Friday
No more copy-and-paste sentences or stale messages. This downloadable eCourse teaches you effective techniques you can apply immediately to craft soul-filled sermons that serve your audience. Learn how to protect your time, choose a message, and master your writing style. Study, draft, and deliver a sermon you can’t wait to preach this Sunday and every Sunday.
49.00
The Sermon
52 Framework
The SERMON 52 FRAMEWORK is BsP’s foundational spiritual practice to craft authentic, effective sermons 52 weeks a year. This one-hour teaching series—the foundation of our popular Start-to-Finish sermon prep workshops and the anchor of the first week of Sermon Camp—is now available to the public. Both spiritual and practical, this process will transform your preaching prep. Includes multiple bonuses to make your prep easier.
27.00
Sermon Camp 2025
Based on our popular eCourse Craft an Effective Sermon by Friday, this 6-week virtual camp begins with a one-week, accelerated intro to our 5-day process and continues with weekly instruction for five weeks. By the end, you’ll have established a new process that integrates your spirituality with practical tools to improve your preaching.
Meets daily during kickoff week
Meets weekly thereafter
all sessions recorded
399
The Collective+ (Plus)
Preaching doesn't have to be a solo endeavor. Join this online community of preachers dedicated to collaboration and growth. The Collective (+) offers structure and support for weekly sermon prep; live work sessions to help you find your message; resources to improve your process; guest lectures and Q&A by authors, preachers, and thinkers in related fields; week-long sermon bootcamps; and more—all in the company of colleagues with the guidance of BsP's mentors.
79.99/month
(Less than a coffee a day for ongoing, online resources, workshops, continuing ed, community, and preaching formation)
The Backstory preaching Mentorship
Backstory Preaching offers an intimate, intensive mentorship, accepting a limited number of applicants for each session. Experience one-to-one mentoring, collaboration with other dedicated preachers, master classes, one-of-a-kind materials, and practical methods created by preachers exclusively for Backstory Preaching—all online.
The Mentorship begins with Sermon Camp in August, includes membership in The Collective+, and runs through graduation in May.
3999
“I believe Backstory Preaching can do nothing but make you a better preacher. Not just in style but in content. It integrates the fact-gathering and spiritual practice that preaching really is.”
Speaking & Custom Courses
Our mentors are available to speak or present about effective preaching at conferences, workshops, & conventions. We also work with seminaries, denominational regions, and institutions to create custom courses that meet the particular needs of your participants. Contact Lisa Cressman, Founder & Steward of Backstory Preaching, to learn more.
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