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Preach Like Josh
Howerton.
Decide the response first, then build the sermon to it.
- ✓10 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
Decide the response first, then build the sermon to it.
Howerton became co-pastor of Lakepointe Church (Rockwall and Dallas, Texas) with founder Steve Stroope in 2019 and sole senior pastor in 2020. He came from about ten years leading The Bridge Church near Nashville, one of Outreach’s fastest-growing churches. Lakepointe now runs about 25,000 a week across eight campuses, with mass baptisms and 2,772 first-time decisions on Easter 2026. His secret: he decides the response before he writes the sermon. Then he warms the room with celebration and humor and gives a contrast big idea to repeat. He builds three numbered movements that take apart a cultural lie, slows to a hush for the cross, and gives exact instructions for responding: heads bowed, “on three,” text to sign up. His own rule: “If you can get them laughing, you can get them listening.”
- 25,000Weekly attenders across eight Lakepointe campuses
- 2,772First-time decisions on Easter 2026
- 882Baptisms in a single day, September 2026
What makes his style unique
“If you can get them laughing, you can get them listening.”
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What’s inside
Preach Like Josh Howerton — Decide the response first, then build the sermon to it..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does10 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 Josh HowertonA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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