This is a poll, How long does your Pastor preach for?
15-20 minutes
20-25 minutes
25-30 minutes
30-35 minutes
35-45 minutes
45-60 minutes
60+ minutes
Other
This is a poll, How long does your Pastor preach for?
Not long enough.
Usually around 30 to 35 minutes, can be anywhere from 25 to 40 minutes.
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
Knoxienne (05-30-2009)
We need an "other".
Other:
I don't know; I don't watch the clock
It varies due to subject matter
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
JBaldwin (05-30-2009), kvanlaan (05-31-2009), Lady of the Lake (08-01-2009)
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.
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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PresbyDane (05-30-2009), Wannabee (05-31-2009)
Anything under 60 minutes means somebody else is preaching!
Michael Cope
Member of BGBC (Independent Dispy) http://www.bgbc.org/
Attending Immanuel Reformed Presbyterian http://www.immanuelrpc.com/
Gettin' learned at Covenant Theological Seminary http://www.covenantseminary.edu/
West Lafayette, IN
PresbyDane (05-30-2009)
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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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!)
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)
Backwoods Presbyterian (05-30-2009), Beth Ellen Nagle (05-30-2009), BlueVark (05-31-2009), Classical Presbyterian (08-11-2009), Edward (05-30-2009), Honor (08-01-2009), Montanablue (08-02-2009), NateLanning (05-31-2009), PresbyDane (05-30-2009), Rangerus (05-31-2009), Reepicheep (05-30-2009), SolaScriptura (08-01-2009), Theoretical (05-31-2009), TimV (08-01-2009), Wannabee (05-31-2009)
Typically around 60 minutes.
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
PresbyDane (05-30-2009)
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?
sarah
providence (Only Perfect Church)
wi coldest snowiest state in the union
RN working towards photographer
PresbyDane (05-30-2009), Romans922 (05-30-2009)
35 minutes is my goal...on rare occasions I'll go 40.
Tony Felich
Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Overland Park, Kansas
www.redeemer-pca.org
blog: http://reepicheep-ajf.blogspot.com
PresbyDane (05-30-2009)
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)
Backwoods Presbyterian (05-30-2009)
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
dbroyles (08-01-2009), PresbyDane (05-30-2009)
I never timed it, though church is from 10:20 - 12:00. I would say a good 25 to 30 mins
Doug
Baptist
Hemet, Ca
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A typical danish pastor will go for around myself not being a pastor always preached 60+
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!![]()
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
Usually about 30-35 minutes, but sometimes a bit longer.
Norm
IA PCA
"What fools are they who, for a drop of pleasure, drink a sea of wrath." -Thomas Watson
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
Attending the Southfield RPCNA
Michigan
"The righteous also shall hold on his way,
and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger." Job 17:9
Ruby (05-31-2009)
I typically go 40 in the AM (expository) and 30 in the PM (catechetical).
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.
Anna
Wife of Tim/Marrow Man
Mother of Grace Cameron
Louisville, KY
Member of Midlane Park Presbyterian (Associate Reformed Presbyterian)
Updates on Baby Grace: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/gracephillips2010
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?
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.
Montanablue (08-02-2009), Theoretical (05-31-2009)
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.
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.
Montanablue (08-02-2009), Theoretical (05-31-2009), Wannabee (05-31-2009)
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.
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.
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.
Wayne Whitmer
Member, Rio Rancho OPC
Albuquerque, NM
http://www.villagecommunitychurch.org/
"Preparing a sermon is like cooking a meal. You need pots and pans and utensils, but you don't bring them out to the table where people are eating." Derek Thomas
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Montanablue (08-02-2009), Wannabee (05-31-2009), whitway (05-31-2009)
I'm currently at 30-35 minutes.
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
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Shalom,
jessi
PCA
Steelers fan exiled to Virginia
"Worldly minds the world pursue;
What are its charms to me?
Once I admired its trifles too,
But grace has set me free."
John Newton
Usually for 45-50 minutes.
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.
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
AThornquist (08-01-2009), fredtgreco (05-31-2009), he beholds (05-31-2009), Southern Presbyterian (05-31-2009)
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.
Wayne Whitmer
Member, Rio Rancho OPC
Albuquerque, NM
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
Click to get: Board Rules -- Signature Requirements
Wannabee (05-31-2009)
I don't know; I don't watch the clock
It varies due to subject matter![]()
Kevin, husband of a truly angelic woman, and father to ten.
Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield
Ontario, Canada
20-45 minutes. Depends.
Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Ruling Elder Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA
"I am as happy as perhaps creation can make me. I enjoy all the necessaries and most of the conveniences of life. I have a peaceful study as a refuge from the hurries and noise of the world around me, the venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me..." --Samuel Davies
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...
Richard T. Zuelch, M.Div
Ruling Elder, OPC (not currently serving)
Westminster Presbyterian Church, CA (OPC)
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