{"id":26288,"date":"2023-05-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2023\/05\/16\/preaching-in-wake-of-gun-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:21:35","slug":"preaching-in-wake-of-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/preaching-in-wake-of-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Preaching in the Wake of Gun Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-article-subhead1\">Are You Equipped to Preach Hope &amp; Healing in the Wake of Gun Violence?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost every day ther eis a new tragedy involving gun violence. These events touch urban, suburban, and rural communities, and the heartache transcends both race and class. How do preachers respond when national tragedies capture our congregations\u2019 attention? How we do we respond when these incidents directly impact our church and community?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Rev Dr. James Ellis and Steve Norman in this webinar, to learn how to peach to families congregations, and communities affected by gun violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-article-subhead1\">Resources Mentioned During the Webinar<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ct wp-block-ct-related-embedded-articles single small no-heading\">\n\n\n\t\n\t\n<section class=\"article\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-kicker\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermons\/\">Sermon<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermons\/fewer-tears\/\" class=\"article-title-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tFewer Tears\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<p class=\"ct-article-card-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\tDan Meyer\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ct wp-block-ct-related-embedded-articles single small no-heading\">\n\n\n\t\n\t\n<section class=\"article\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/preaching-is-beautiful-and-burdensome\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"162\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/134136.jpg?w=162&amp;h=88&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-article-card-small size-article-card-small\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/134136.jpg?resize=162,88 162w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/134136.jpg?resize=82,46 82w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-kicker\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/search\/?format=Article&#038;ctp_search=1\">Article<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/preaching-is-beautiful-and-burdensome\/\" class=\"article-title-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPreaching Is Beautiful and Burdensome\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<p class=\"ct-article-card-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\tJames Ellis III\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.preachingtoday.com\/books\/model-sermon\/model-sermon.html?utm_source=PreachingToday&amp;utm_medium=PT_Follow_Up_Email3&amp;utm_campaign=PT_June_Webinar_2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">The Model Sermon<\/a><\/em> | Jeremy A. 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