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More and Better Preachers

The More and Better Preachers program exists to recruit, encourage, train, equip and deploy more and better preachers throughout the Southeast Field of the Church of the Nazarene. 

Meeting this goal involves identifying and preparing preachers in the most needed contexts in our field: church planting, church revitalization, ethnic churches and house churches. More and Better Preachers seeks to assist those currently in ministry, those just starting in ministry and those who are discerning a call to ministry.

The program is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative, which is designed to foster and support preaching that inspires, encourages and guides people to come to know and love God and to live out their Christian faith more fully.

Trevecca Announces First Group of Preaching Ambassadors

Blair Alderson, Dawson Bush, Kristin Gregory and Isabelle Rector were the first four students to be named preaching ambassadors at Trevecca as part of a new initiative in the More and Better Preachers program.

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$33,000 in Trevecca Scholarships Awarded at TNT Preaching Competition

In its second year, the More and Better Preachers Initiative awarded a total of $33,000 in scholarships to eight students who competed in the preaching competition at the 2025 Top Nazarene Talent (TNT) event.

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Featured Preaching Resources

More and Better Preachers Podcast: 
An Interview with Scott Daniels

In the first episode of the More and Better Preachers podcast, host Michael Jackson talks with Church of the Nazarene General Superintendent Scott Daniels about his passion for preaching, influences and more.

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Event Spotlight


The Gospel: Good News for a Bad News World

Join us for the 2025 Preaching Conference!

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Boone Convocation Center

Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Registration Fee: $25 in-person, lunch included; $10 online access only
Speakers: Dr. Gaby Rodriguez, Dr. Stephen G. Green, Rev. Bethany Acre, Rev. Jeremy Veal

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Meet the Director

Dr. Michael D. Jackson is the professor of homiletics and Hebrew Bible in the Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Trevecca. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Jacksonville University, a Master of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary. Prior to joining Trevecca’s faculty on a full-time basis, he served as a pastor in various contexts in the Church of the Nazarene in North Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Kansas. Michael and his wife Cheryl live in the Nashville area and are the proud parents of two sons and twelve grandchildren.

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