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Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969), the founding minister of Riverside Church in New York City, was regarded by Martin Luther King, Jr., as \u2018\u2018the greatest preacher of this century.\u201d One of liberal Protestantism\u2019s most influential voices, Fosdick was a proponent of ecumenical Christianity, pacifism, and civil rights, whose radio sermons and writings reached millions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2016, Augsburg Campus Ministry has hosted the Fosdick Lecture on Preaching. Gifted preachers and storytellers have shared their insights on preaching and topics important to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alan storey: “Preaching for good”<\/span><\/h2>\n

Presenter: Alan Storey\"alan_storey_2.jpg\"<\/span><\/h4>\n

Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
\n<\/span>625 22nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454<\/p>\n

Rooted in the South African context \u2026 Alan is a Gospel storyteller and facilitator of personal and political change.<\/p>\n

Register for the Lecture<\/a><\/p>\n

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About our speaker<\/h4>\n
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Alan\u2019s commitment to the Jesus way of justice and peace-making was tested early in his life when he faced\u00a0 conscription into the apartheid regime\u2019s military. He chose to be a conscientious objector. He was arrested and faced trial with a six-year prison sentence as the likely outcome. Alan\u2019s trial was abandoned midway, and he became the last conscientious objector to be brought to trial in apartheid South Africa. Over the years he has been involved in numerous civil society organizations addressing: gun violence, racism; state-capture corruption; xenophobia; homophobia; transphobia; spacial apartheid inequality; sex worker discrimination and campaign for a universal basic income. Alan spearheaded the transformation of the Stipend Policy within the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alan recently retired from serving at the Central Methodist Mission in Cape Town. As a Methodist minister for 33 years who lived off weekly words, he is now exploring silence and solitude \u2026 while writing. Having recently written the 2025 Andrew Murray Desmond Tutu Prize winning\u00a0The bell, banners and blasphemy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alan has a Honors degree in Theology and a Masters in the Philosophy of Applied Business Ethics. He is a recipient of the Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship Award and a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative (part of the Aspen Leadership Institute).<\/p>\n

Alan\u2019s lifelong work remains the experimental practice of the Sermon on the Mount.<\/p>\n

Alan\u2019s hope is to contribute to \u201cheal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Previous Fosdick Lectures<\/h2>\n

2016<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0William Kent Krueger,\u00a0Minnesota Author,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cStoried by God\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2017<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, Minister, Riverside Church,<\/span>\u00a0\u201cGood New\/Bad News: Preaching the Gospel<\/span>\u00a0and the Headlines\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2018<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Mark Hanson, Founding Director of Interfaith at Augsburg,<\/span>\u00a0\u201cUnbind Them! Let Them Go! Preaching\u00a0<\/span>Resurrection Hope\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2021<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Dr. David Lose, Senior Pastor, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN,<\/span>\u00a0\u201cDoes Preaching Still Matter?\u00a0<\/span>More than Ever!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The 2021 Fosdick Lecture<\/a> is available on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

2022\u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen, Lead Pastor, and Rev. Angela Khabeb, Senior Associate Pastor, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN,<\/span>\u00a0\u201cPreaching in a Time of Crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2023\u00a0 \u00a0Senator John Marty and Mindy Greiling, “Hearing. Helping. Healing our Neighbors with Mental Health Challenges” Addressing Mental Health Concerns in Religious Communities.” The 2023 Fosdick Lecture<\/a> is available on YouTube.<\/p>\n

2024\u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Barbara Lundblad, Joe R. Engle Professor of Preaching Emerita at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, “Shall the Christian Nationalists Win?”\u00a0 Recording of the 2024 Fosdick Lecture on Preaching<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2025\u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis, Lead Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church, “Shall Untruth Win? Faithful Preaching in an Age of Mistrust and Misinformation” Recording of 2025 Fosdick Lecture on Preaching<\/a><\/p>\n

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Previous Lectures<\/h2>\n