Save the Date for 2025

Theme: "Preaching to Heal the Divide"

May 12-15, 2025

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Atlanta

How Will You #Festival in 2025?

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What's the Festival Like?

Join us in Pittsburgh for the best preaching event of the year!

Karoline Lewis says, “I don’t think there’s any place else where you are gathering for worship so frequently and hearing good sermons and good preaching and wonderful worship.

“You’re being fed. You’re being nurtured. You’re being sustained. You leave with the sense of being empowered once again, reminded of the way in which the Holy Spirit works and is present in your ministry—feeling that spirit once again in your ministry and in your preaching.”

Past Participants Share Their Love

“Many speakers were vulnerable and passionate as they spoke of hope and justice. They were able to say 'this is hard, and we all are struggling' while still speaking desperately needed hope to all.”
“[I love the] exposure to brilliant minds, pastors, preachers who are thinking deeply and bionically and theologically about big issues.”
"This is a hell of a time to be a pastor preaching the Gospel in the United States and this was the perfect tonic.”
“For me the most valuable part was the sermons. They instruct, uplift, and broaden my view.”
“I felt the same with the Festival in DC. Awareness. The opening of my mind and heart. More and more scales falling from my eyes as I hear new voices.”
"Hearing God’s word preached from different perspectives and traditions [has helped] my soul [to be] fed and renewed."
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Meet the 2024 Speakers

Rolf A. Jacobson

Rolf A. Jacobson

Dean of Faculty; Professor of Old Testament; A.N. Rogness Chair in Scripture, Theology, and Ministry, Luther Seminary
Joy J. Moore

Joy J. Moore

Professor of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary
Karoline Lewis

Karoline Lewis

Doctor of Ministry Program Director, Professor and Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary
Raymond Aldred

Raymond Aldred

Director of Indigenous Studies Program, Vancouver School of Theology
Emilie M. Townes

Emilie M. Townes

E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor, Dean emerita and University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Vanderbilt University
Thema Bryant

Thema Bryant

Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine University
Matthew L. Skinner

Matthew L. Skinner

Asher O. and Carrie Nasby Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary; Scholar for Adult Education, Westminster Presbyterian Church
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Agenda at a Glance

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The 2025 Festival of Homiletics will be in Atlanta, Georgia, with the theme “Preaching to Heal the Divide.” Look for registration in November 2024! 

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