Equipping the Prophetic Church

What do prophetic churches need?

  • Powerful, inclusive liturgy, music, and preaching that sharpens our minds, opens our hearts, and invites our full commitment to bringing God's dream to life today
  • A deep understanding of how the injustices railed against by the prophets work in our world now so that we may struggle against those injustices more effectively
  • An understanding of the ethical dimension of prophetic Christianity and how our ethical commitments can drive our actions for the good
  • Clarity about the challenges and opportunities facing the congregation so that it can make the best possible choices to serve the world with integrity
  • Openness to and understanding of the kind of creativity showed by the prophets and Jesus so that the same God-given creativity can inspire new ideas, new relationships, and new solutions to the problems devastating our society and our planet

That's why I'm here.

I offer:

  • Inclusive liturgy training
  • Inclusive liturgy development
  • Progressive sacred music resources
  • Progressive sacred music development
  • Training on how systemic inequality (racism, sexism, heterosexism, etc.) works & how we can work effectively against it
  • A new way of approaching ethics from a progressive Christian perspective that can help more people flourish
  • Inspiring social justice-focused, biblically grounded guest preaching
  • Program evaluation to help your congregation understand its challenges and possibilities
  • Creativity workshops addressing any aspect of church life

My passion for the progressive church, academic training in sociology and religion, decades of preaching and lay church leadership, workshop development experience, and extensive library of original progressive worship music are at your disposal. Let's deepen your congregation's prophetic compassion, commitment, and competence so that you can make even more of a difference in a broken and beautiful world that needs you desperately.

- Amanda Udis-Kessler

 

Above photo by Priscilla Gyamfi; found on Unsplash