Preaching on the Brink offers cutting-edge insights into the future of Christian preaching: where it is headed and why it is changing. The essays in this collection treat such diverse topics as women in laity and clergy, the unchurched black male, urban congregations, and the impact of television on gospel proclamation. The essays were written in honor of Henry Mitchell by Eugene Lowry, Fred Craddock, David Buttrick, Paul Scott Wilson, James Earl Massey, Richard Ward, Barabara Harris, Thomas Troeger, William Willimon, Edwina Hunter, Barbara Brown Zikmund and others.
Martha J. Simmons practices law in San Francisco. She has a M.Div. degree and a J.D. degree, and studied preaching with Fred Craddock. She prepared this volume to honor the lifetime achievement and influence of Henry H. Mitchell, the world's foremost black homiletics scholar.