EcoPreacher Sermon Coaching Groups
Sermon Coaching Groups
2024-2025 Cohort: Once monthly meetings online via Zoom
Groups beginning in January 2026 will meet monthly for six sessions.
As one component of our collaborative project, “Compelling Preaching for a Climate-Changed World,” Lexington Theological Seminary, The BTS Center, and Creation Justice Ministries invite preachers to apply to be part of a six-month Sermon Coaching Group.
A new set of Sermon Coaching Groups will begin in January 2026. Learn more and apply.
Each participant will:
- attend six monthly 90-minute meetings on Zoom for relationship-building, sermon feedback, and theological reflection
- craft and preach an ecologically focused sermon, recording it for the group to watch prior to the scheduled feedback circle for that sermon
- view the recorded sermons of group members and give thoughtful feedback in the Zoom gatherings
- preach a second sermon in a format different from their standard design and for an audience other than their regular listeners
- write a theological reflection (500 to 750 words) on the learnings and challenges of this experience
- participate in a group exit interview with the Program Director, the Homiletician in Residence, and a member of The BTS Center research team
2.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered for attendance at all six Zoom gatherings plus the group exit interview, completion of two sermons, and submission of the written reflection.
Meet Our Facilitators
Dr. Susan McGurgan
Rev. Dr. Katrina J. Olson
Rev. Dr. Xavier Johnson
Meet Our Partners
The mission of Lexington Theological Seminary is to prepare faithful leaders for the church of Jesus Christ and, thus, to strengthen the church’s participation in God’s mission for the world. Lexington Theological Seminary seeks to be a servant of the church preparing men and women for ministry in congregations through:
- innovative instruction
- flexible curriculum
- congregational experience
- compassionate engagement with the needs of society
The Seminary offers an online program that is competency-based, congregation-centered and developmental in its commitment to prepare people for leadership in congregational ministry. As an integral part of the church, the seminary serves the church as a theological resource and as a center of continuing education for clergy and lay leaders.
Creation Justice Ministries’ mission is to educate, equip and mobilize communions and denominations, congregations, and individuals to protect, restore, and rightly share God’s creation. Creation Justice Ministries’ membership includes Baptist, Historically Black, Orthodox, Peace, and mainline Protestant traditions. With a particular concern for people who are most vulnerable and marginalized, Creation Justice Ministries provides collaborative opportunities to build ecumenical community, guides people of faith and faith communities towards eco-justice transformations, and raises a collective witness in the public arena echoing Christ’s call for just relationships among all of creation.
