Lincoln Christian University Webb Preaching Lectures to feature Bryan Chapell

[February 16, 2016]  LINCOLN - Lincoln Christian University welcomes Dr. Bryan Chapell, Senior Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, IL and President Emeritus at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri to the 2016 John M. Webb Lectureship on Preaching.

The Lectureship will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 23 and 24. The public is invited and encouraged to attend one, two, or all of the lectureship sessions.

• Lecture 1: "Life after Lions" on Tuesday, February 23rd at 9:30 a.m. – Hargrove Chapel Auditorium
  • Q/A Lunch session: Tuesday at Noon – Restoration Hall-Dowling Auditorium
     
• Lecture 2: "The Process of Christ-centered Preaching" Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. – Restoration Hall-Dowling Auditorium
   
• Lecture 3: "The Purpose of Christ-centered Preaching" on Wednesday, February 24th 9:30 a.m. – Restoration Hall-Dowling Auditorium

Dr. Chapell has served in leadership capacities there since 1985. He is also an internationally renowned preacher, teacher, and speaker, and the author of many books, including Christ-Centered Worship, Each for the Other, Holiness by Grace, Praying Backwards, The Hardest Sermons You’ll Ever Have to Preach, and Christ-Centered Preaching, a preaching textbook now in multiple editions and many languages that has established him as one of the nation’s foremost teachers of homiletics.

This spring lectureship is presented every other spring and is named in honor of former Academic Dean and Professor of Preaching, John M. Webb, who served Lincoln Christian University for many years. Over the years the lectureship has featured numerous preachers and professors of preaching who, like Dr. Chapell, reinforce our school’s long commitment to the ministry of preaching.

Established in Lincoln, Illinois, in 1944, LCU’s mission is to equip Christians to serve and lead in the church, the workplace, and the world. LCU offers a variety of degree programs for undergraduate, graduate and seminary students. Classes are offered on campus, on site or online. To learn more visit www.lincolnchristian.edu.

[Christine Thomas, Lincoln Christian University]