Abstract: The 21st Christian ministry is bombarded with myriads of challenges. This is a century that has a lot of issues which the word of God must address. Unfortunately, the 21st century church in Nigeria is faced with superficial, shallow and lopsided messages resulting in spiritual dwarfism of members. Even though there is geometrical growth of church, there is no corresponding growth in moral rectitude. The society is filled with nominal Christians who at the experience of least temptation from the devil fall into defeat. Expository messages that would result in producing strong believers are scarce on most pulpits. There is the need for a paradigm shift from traditional topical preaching for more in-depth expository preaching. Expository preaching needs to be inculturated in order to minister to the needs of Nigerians. The inculturation expository preaching is the preaching that addresses the socio-cultural factors of the Nigerians without compromising the revealed biblical truth. The work employed historical method to execute its thesis. It examined the meaning of inculturation expository preaching, the interplay of hermeneutics and exegesis, assumptions expositor work with in inculturation expository preaching, characteristics of inculturation expository preaching, qualities of inculturation expository preaching, four kinds of expository preaching, benefits of inculturation expository preaching, interplay of expository preaching and socio-cultural factor, practical guidelines for inculturation expository preaching and summary, conclusion and recommendations.
Keywords: culture, inculturation, expository, preaching, 21st century Christian ministry, paradigm, Nigeria.
Title: Inculturation Expository Preaching as a Paradigm for the 21st Century Christian Ministry in Nigeria
Author: Jonathan Ola. Ojo
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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