Voices for Change
Preaching Certificate
Students can earn a Preaching Certificate by completing three classes that explore their own spiritual formation, a deeper understanding of the people who listen to their messages, and the preparation and delivery of transformational messages.
Preaching Festival
Voices for Change hosts a Preaching Festival each Fall, connecting preachers from diverse cultural and congregational backgrounds as they learn from some of the nation’s leading voices on preaching. The gathering is highly participative for all, and platforms South Florida preachers who preach in English, Spanish, and Creole.
Florida College of Preachers
During our annual Preaching Festival, Voices for Change honors and celebrates the impact of preachers by inducting them into the Florida College of Preachers, a community of men and women whose preaching is shaping the Church in South Florida.
MISSION
We cultivate a diverse and vibrant community of preachers who integrate spiritual formation, multi-cultural contextual discernment, biblical and theological depth, and skillful communication to facilitate congregational and societal change.
VISION
We envision a diverse network of hundreds of men and women whose preaching is empowering a missional Church and flourishing communities.
CORE VALUES
- Diversity
Cultivating an inclusive community of preachers who are listening to and amplifying South Florida’s diverse cultural & generational voices. - Formation
Developing preachers who weave together their ever deepening relationship with God with their congregational and community relationships. - Discernment
Training preachers who are life-long students of their congregation’s and community’s lived experience. - Excellence
Equipping preachers to prepare Biblical and theological sermons, and to skillfully and creatively communicate life-changing truth in the digital age. - Transformation
Inspiring preachers to empower their congregation for mission, and challenging preachers to use their voice to prophetically engage and foster change in their community.
Our Leaders
Rev. Shawn Allen, PhD
Director
Rev. Marcus Davidson, PhD
Preaching Fellow
Advisory Team
Bernie Cueto, PhD
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
Bryan Froehle, PhD
Director of the PhD. in Practical Theology
Wanjiru Gitau, PhD
Assistant Professor of World Christianity
Simone Twibell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies
Guest Speakers
Rev. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, PhD
Author and Practical Theologian
Boston College
Bernie Cueto, PhD
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Dr. Mark DeYmez, DMin
Director of Mosaix Multiethnic Church Institute
Wheaton College Billy Graham Center
Derrick Hatch
Storytelling Coach
All Things Narrative
Geoff Holsclaw, PhD
Faculty Mentor for the Doctor of Ministry Spiritual Formation and Relational Neuroscience
Western Theological Seminary
Pablo A. Jiménez
Lead Pastor
Movimiento La Red
Matthew Kim, PhD
Director of the PhD in Preaching Program
Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary
Eric Swanson, Dmin
Co-Founder
City Leaders Collective
Partners
Rev. Marcus Davidson, PhD
Preaching Fellow
Embrace the richness of diverse voices in our preaching community.
