Sermon Introductions | Season 2, Episode 6

Have you stood up in front of the congregation and five minutes into your message, asked for a mulligan? Hopefully not. Still, there is a good chance you've preached a sermon and wished you could go back and start over. A strong introduction sets the tone for your entire message. It is what draws people in and tells them, "what I am about to share is relevant to you." The best way to craft an introduction that captures attention is to wait until the very end of writing your sermon after you've completed come up with your applications, illustrations, speaking points, and conclusion. With your message drafted you can focus your attention on writing a rich introduction with depth, informed by the entirety of your sermon. In this episode of Hello Church! we talk about how to take advantage of your sermon introduction and give you several questions to answer prior to taking the stage so that your congregation is waiting with bated breath, with anticipation. -- LEAD FROM REST REPLAY: https://qmrk.link/nwlqqf ABOUT MINISTRY PASS Ministry Pass offers a library of premium sermon guides and media resources to help churches accelerate their growth and pastors achieve a healthy balance between ministry and personal life. Check us out: https://qmrk.link/herq48 ATTEND PREACH26: https://qmrk.link/herq48 CHECK OUT THE POD Spotify: https://qmrk.link/cwx7a4 Apple: https://qmrk.link/ssa58l FOLLOW US: YouTube: https://qmrk.link/bvypsn Ministry Pass Instagram: https://qmrk.link/q8p44b Sermonary Instagram: https://qmrk.link/2b07ni -- In the Hello Church! podcast, powered by Ministry Pass, our hosts Justin Trapp and Wade Bearden share lessons about sermon series, preaching, and how pastors can move their church forward while still maintaining a healthy ministry-life balance. Subscribe for more content on church leadership, discipleship, sermon series planning, sermon series ideas, sermon illustrations, church marketing, ministry leadership, pastoral leadership, church communication, preaching structure, sermon series topics, how to write a sermon, how to plan a sermon series, and more.