The Great American Sermon Survey

This is a book about the forbidden topic-the Sunday morning sermon! According to The Great American Sermon Survey, one thing pastors and people in the pew don't talk with each other about is the sermon. This remarkable book calls pastors to competency in communication; challenges parishioners to practice excellence in listening; shatters the common stereotype that a sermon is a monologue; reveals what sermon listeners will never tell their preacher; uncovers the differing expectations between pulpit and pew; discovers the surprising mutual desires of pastors and lay people; insists that sermons are potentially transformative, even today; proposes ways that listeners and preachers can dialogue and interact together; applies communication research to help pastors increase the impact of their spoken words.