This is a poll, How long does your Pastor preach for?

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Rev. Andrew J. Barnes
Husband of Dena
Father of Oliver
Master of Bruce
Pastor of Tchula Presbyterian Church

What can I say, I like blogs!

Not long enough .

Usually around 30 to 35 minutes, can be anywhere from 25 to 40 minutes.

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Ashley
Crossbridge Community Church
Texas
vincit qui patitur

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! Romans 11:33 NASB

We need an "other".

Other:

I don't know; I don't watch the clock
It varies due to subject matter

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JC - PCA - PA...homesick for SC
A we n' de Ya, ho; I mak sikker; Deus juvat

Indicabo tibi o homo quid sit bonum, et quid Dominus requirat a te: Utique facere iudicium, et diligere, misericordiam, et sollicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo. Michaeas 6:8

"Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact. There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home" Bon Jovi

Good, I'm happy to hear that you don't pay attention and you are paying attention to the preaching! Sorry, too late to do the other.

I just find it weird that some are exactly always 30 minutes (for example).

I know this may sound like a smarty pants answer but it is true none the less....

Until he is done, and we'd have it no other way.

BTW, I voted 45-60 min, as this is a good average but he has gone as long as 2 hr 10 min before.

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James Helbert, Wytheville, VA
Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCUS
TheBibleAlone.com / The Edinburgh Inn
"Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” - Zechariah 3:2

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Anything under 60 minutes means somebody else is preaching!

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Michael Cope
Pastor, BGBC (non-denom)
West Lafayette, IN (Home of the Boilermakers!!!)

"Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me." Col. 1:28,29

No, it's not.

Thanks James.

I try and be about 35 minutes. We have had this discussion before, but I can see it beginning again. So many modern Reformed preachers think it unthinkable to preach of moderate length.

I can't think of 10 guys I would enjoy (and profit from) listening to for 60+ minutes on a regular basis. (And I would not include myself!)

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Fred Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)

Typically around 60 minutes.

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Mike Myers
Teaching Elder
West Suffolk Baptist Church
Suffolk, Virginia

Many a plain, honest, unlearned disciple of Christ, by meditation, experience, prayers, and especially obedience, attains to a more clear, sound, and useful knowledge of the word of God, than some great scholars with all their wit and learning. Matthew Henry

I liked Joey Pipa! He preached for 60 minutes this past February, seemed like a normal 35 minute sermon. So there is one for your list Fred, I'd think you'd agree.

Not including God's call to worship, a prayer, God's greeting/blessing, singing a hymn, God's announcement of His law, our confession, God's announcement of His Gospel, our reciting of a passage, the Doxology, more singing after my pastor's preaching, our confession of one of the creeds, the pastor's prayer, our tithing, and one more hymn......, his preaching lasts about 40 mins. Otherwise, the whole worship service lasts one and half hours. But I voted 35-45 min because I think you want just how long he preaches,,,,right?

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sarah
WI
OPC
My Pastor's Sermons: Mark Jenkins...he's awesome!!!

35 minutes is my goal...on rare occasions I'll go 40.

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Tony Felich
Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Overland Park, Kansas
www.redeemer-pca.org
blog: http://reepicheep-ajf.blogspot.com

Joey would be one - although not every time!

And it should be obvious that not every minister is a Joey in the pulpit.

Same here. 45 minutes is considered a long sermon at our church. Give me a 70-80 minute sermon! Now that's the ticket!

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Toni Cunningham, Wife of Bill (Theognome)
Parkwoods OPC, Overland Park KS

"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." ~ Alexander Pope

I never timed it, though church is from 10:20 - 12:00. I would say a good 25 to 30 mins

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Doug
Baptist
Hemet, Ca
Old Time Radio Podcast

A typical danish pastor will go for around myself not being a pastor always preached 60+

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Martin - Reformed
Husband to the most godly, honorable and loyal wife Line
Searching for a Church
Webpage www.5solas.dk
Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
Soli Deo Gloria

I preach between 30 to 40 minutes. Seems like 15 minutes to me!

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Ivan R. Schoen, B.A., M.A., M.L.I.S.
Pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church (SBC)
Poplar Grove, IL, USA
http://maranatha-sbc.org

Know the feeling

Usually about 30-35 minutes, but sometimes a bit longer.

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Norm
IA PCA

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. Ephesians 1:4-5

Ours is soon going to be featured on Sermonaudio.com. Note to Australians here: you'll like his accent! (Voted: he generally preaches between 45-50+ minutes or so.)

Margaret

P. S. Just checked Sermonaudio.com: there he is, our minister, Rev. Sean Humby, with sermons linked!

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Margaret
Free Church of Scotland [Continuing]
Michigan

I typically go 40 in the AM (expository) and 30 in the PM (catechetical).

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Rev. Daniel R. Hyde
Pastor, Oceanside United Reformed Church, Carlsbad/Oceanside, California
Th.M. candidate, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

Tim is gently stretching the congregation--they were used to no more than 15 minutes. He preaches between 25 and 35 minutes currently.

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Anna
Wife of Tim/Marrow Man
Louisville, KY
Member of Midlane Park Presbyterian (Associate Reformed Presbyterian)

Could it be that those who preach less than a half hour just don't have that much to say on behalf of God and are probably better off not going longer?

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Will Adair
will@crossmarkchurch.com

Crossmark Church: informing, reforming, transforming, God willing never boring.

Crossmark Church exists to glorify God by lives changed by Jesus Christ. As the lead elder its my job to help see that happen, God willing.

Not necessarily.

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Lance G. Marshall
Pastor
Georgetown, Indiana

True, all I know is I read through a local pastor's sermon and if read aloud it would have been around 15 minutes. His main thesis was that Peter finally "got right" with God when he learned how to agape love Jesus. Agape love according to this pastor meant that Peter grasped the "unconditional love" of God. He repeated this thesis at least 6 times and then closed. I think if he had taken more than 15 minutes then his audience would have been in a worse condition then when he began.

I think these guys really just don't have that much to say for God.

Of course I shouldn't generalize. Jesus first sermon in Mark's account was one sentence and people are still talking about that. "Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand." That didn't even take a minute to preach.

Nothing magical about 30 minutes. I've heard fantastic 12 minute sermons, and horrible 45 minute sermons.

I once heard a Jewish Christian preach under a 10 minute sermon and it really was impressive. I didn't learn anything new about the Bible but the though he left me with played over for a few months. I must also confess I've preached more than a few horrible 45 minute ones in my life. Very true. I think if your doing exegitcal sermons 30 is probably a good safe minimum, since your weekly building on each message. I still prefer around 40 to 50 minutes or so.

I guess it depends on how large the passage is and what you are trying to accomplish. I tend to go 25-30 minutes.

I hear outstanding 20-25 minute sermons weekly and our Pastor doesn't apologize for the sermon length. He even quips that for some it takes some getting used to but I'd much rather hear a 20-25 minute inspirational and informational packed message than a longer one which belabors the point.

However after reading "Why Johnny Can't Preach" by T. David Gordon I do understand there are sermons which can go as long as an hour without a person even noticing so length in those cases is inconsequential.

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Wayne Whitmer
Member, Rio Rancho OPC
Albuquerque, NM

I recently preached an 8 minute sermon at a wedding ceremony and was surprised at how well it was received. Think about the sermons by Peter and Stephen in Acts. It wasn't the length, but the content, and the occasion, and the audience etc.

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I'm currently at 30-35 minutes.

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Patrick
MDiv, RTS Jackson
Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church (OPC), Lisbon, NY

"He does well, that discourses of Christ; but he does infinitely better, that by experimental knowledge, feeds and lives on Christ." Thomas Brooks.
"Let us not please ourselves that we have deep understandings, but let us shew our understandings by our practice." Richard Sibbes

Or that they will be back next week

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Shalom,
jessi
PCA
Steelers fan exiled to Virginia


“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.”
Martin Luther

Usually for 45-50 minutes.

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Conrad W. Judy, Jr.
Ruling Elder, Eastern Shore Reformed Presbyterian Church, Centreville, MD
April 1st, is the High Holy Day of Atheists - Ps 14:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."

Excellent preachers can preach a sermon with power and authority in shorter time than lesser preachers, in general. I, being less experienced, don't seem to be able to preach less than 45 minutes. I've gone as long as about 75 minutes, but only on occasion. Generally I'm around 55 or so. I don't attribute that so much to me having so much to say, but to not learning what to take out to make the message more powerful. I could easily preach a two hour sermon each week, but I doubt it would be appreciated. One of the most difficult aspects to sermon preparation is knowing what to NOT say and what will distract from the point of the message.
A great preacher can preach a powerful message in just 10 minutes, but just as well hold your attention for 60 and leaving you wanting more.

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For the Glory of our King,
Joe Johnson
Slave of Christ, husband, father, Preacherboy at Cornerstone Community Church, Escanaba, MI. and TMS graduate. Personal website - SoundLife.org

I do not know, and I do not say, that a person cannot believe in Revelation and in evolution, too, for a man may believe that which is infinitely wise and also that which is only asinine. ~ CHS

Definitely not in our case. I could listen to our Pastor for an hour and go away wanting more but he chooses to keep it around 20-25 minutes and every minute is packed full of inspiration and information that edifies. As Jessi stated it does make you want to come back next week to hear more which I appreciate.

Truer words have not been spoken by man nor beast. Would that I could obtain this discipline.

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Kevin, husband of a truly angelic woman, and father to ten.
Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield
Ontario, Canada

20-45 minutes. Depends.

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Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Member Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA

Deo Vindice

John MacArthur, as is well-known, is one of the few men who has the ability to preach for an hour and make it seem like only 30 or 40 minutes. He usually preaches about 45-50 minutes, though. Now that all his sermons are online (Welcome to Grace to You), you can watch the minutes and seconds tick by...

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Richard T. Zuelch, M.Div
Ruling Elder, OPC (not currently serving)
Westminster Presbyterian Church, CA (OPC)
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Devout souls do not take offence at the depths and difficulties of God's Word, but are, thereby, drawn to intenser contemplation of them. - Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910)