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Preach Like Jon
Tyson.
Diagnose the problem, then coin the line that turns it.
- ✓7 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
Diagnose the problem, then coin the line that turns it.
The post-Christian global city. Jon Tyson grew up in Adelaide, Australia, started working in a butcher shop at 14, came to faith through a Pentecostal youth group, and moved to the United States on a Bible college scholarship. At 28 he started a church in his Manhattan apartment, and in January 2025 he marked his 20th year of pastoring in New York, where he now leads Church of the City New York. His secret: he argues in two halves. First he diagnoses the problem with evidence (trust surveys, research on rejection, Becker on the denial of death) and a numbered list of symptoms tied to Bible scenes. Then he turns, somewhere between a quarter and just past half of the sermon, to the remedy, and he coins one line for that turn that he keeps repeating: “God comes where he’s wanted,” “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” His own stories serve as proof, especially ones where he looks foolish (the butcher shop, the trapeze school in Brooklyn, his daughter hiding behind a door). He ends by asking people to do something with their bodies.
- 20+Years pastoring in New York City
- 1,500Members at Church of the City (Premier Christianity)
- 7 of 7Sermons studied that end with a physical response
What makes his style unique
“He writes and preaches with a uniquely compelling conviction.”
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What’s inside
Preach Like Jon Tyson — Diagnose the problem, then coin the line that turns it..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does7 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 Jon TysonA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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