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It is a way of respecting the congregation and a way of assisting them to experience the Gospel

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by “utilizing more of the potential of the incredible human mind.”

Inductive preaching is natural to the Korean way of living and getting the truth by

utilizing concrete experiences of life. It has a dialogical dimension to it. The Korean

congregation does not want to be a passive destination of the lessons, rather they want to be a

part in preaching. In the changed situation of the contemporary Korean church, inductive

preaching appeals to the congregation because it is “more descriptive than hortatory, more

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marked by the affirmative than the imperative, more democratic than authoritative.

Jesus’ adaptation of his message took into consideration the culture, experience, and education of

his audience. The Korean preachers should cultivate a keen sensibility to the change of their

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congregation, enough to adapt their message to them for the maximum effect. A

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congregational study is beneficial in understanding the listeners in preaching. Since preaching
is a form of communication, the audience analysis used in secular communication can be

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Ralph L. Lewis and Gregg Lewis, Inductive Preaching: Helping People Listen
(Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1983), 32.

61 Unyong Kim, “Faith Comes from Hearing,” 266.

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Scott A. Wenig, “Biblical Preaching That Adapts and Contextualizes,” in The Big Idea
of Biblical Preaching (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1998), 26// 25-38. Eds by Keith
Willhite and Scott M. Gibson. He describes the same thought with different vocabulary, “‘If
preaching is to be transformational’ . . . In the jargon of modern missiology, the sermon must be
contexualized.”

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Carl S. Dudley, Jackson W. Carroll, and James P. Wind, eds. Carriers of Faith :
Lessons from Congregational Studies (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991);
Jackson W. Carroll, Carl S. Dudley, and William McKinney, Handbook for Congregational
Studies (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1986); and Carl S. Dudley, eds. Building Effective
Ministry: Theory and Practice in the Local Church (San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row
Publishing Co., 1983).