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Preach Like Ed
Young Jr..
Make every big idea short, memorable and easy to say back.
- ✓8 of his sermons, studied start to finish
- ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
- ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 9 pages
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— Why he’s one of the greats
Make every big idea short, memorable and easy to say back.
He came of age in the 1990s seeker-church boom and built one of America’s largest churches, Fellowship Church in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs, preaching in series with stage sets and making TV and online content before most pastors did. His secret: He makes every big idea short and easy to say back. He uses triads that start with the same letter, rhyming point names and two-line sayings that mirror each other, all hung on one prop or metaphor that runs the whole message. He writes the manuscript word for word, rehearses the transitions word for word, and changes the format often enough that no one can predict it. In his words, “the higher the predictability the lower the connectivity.”
- 1990He and Lisa started Fellowship Church
- 24,000Weekly attenders by 2018
- 25-30Hours a week on one weekend message
What makes his style unique
“Fellowship’s flavor is pure, unmitigated Bible 101 packaged in a 21st-century way.”
— Who wrote this
We’re pastors. We’ve had your Monday.
Pastor Center is built and written by pastors — a lead pastor who planted churches, and a church planter who grew one to 4,000 in four years. The same team teaches 9 free courses and 164 lessons. This guide is the short version.
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— What you get
What’s inside
Preach Like Ed Young Jr. — Make every big idea short, memorable and easy to say back..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does8 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
- 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
- 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
- 05Write one like Ed Young Jr.A fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
— The plan
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