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Preach Like George
Whitefield.

Wound, then woo: a plain frame filled with fire.

Preach Like George Whitefield — Wound, then woo: a plain frame filled with fire.. A free guide from Pastor Center.
  • ✓11 of his sermons, studied start to finish
  • ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
  • ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 8 pages

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— Why he’s one of the greats

Wound, then woo: a plain frame filled with fire.

Whitefield preached 18,000+ times, often outdoors, without notes. Ben Franklin calculated that he “might well be heard by more than thirty thousand.” Fewer than about 90 sermons survive. His secret: a plain Puritan frame filled with fire. He corrected an error in the introduction and announced three heads, each packed with numbered sub-points. He stripped false hopes and examined the conscience at every head, then turned around 80% to address each group in the crowd by name. In evangelistic sermons he ended with a doubled, tearful “Come, come…”

  • 18,000+Times he preached, often outdoors and without notes
  • 30,000Hearers Franklin calculated could hear him at once
  • 23,000At his farewell sermon on Boston Common

What makes his style unique

Three heads, packedEach head full of numbered sub-points.
Strip false hopesHe examined the conscience at every head.
“Come, come…”Around 80% he turned to each group by name.
“My hearing him preach gave me a heart wound.”
Nathan Cole, Connecticut farmer, 1740

Read the full story: How George Whitefield Preached →

— 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’s inside

Preach Like George Whitefield — Wound, then woo: a plain frame filled with fire..

  1. 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
  2. 02What he does11 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
  3. 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
  4. 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
  5. 05Write one like George WhitefieldA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
  6. 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.

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