This project attempts to establish a method of practice for preaching liberation theology with integrity in a context of privilege. Further, it explores the means of compelling the hearer to move beyond intellectual assent to changed behavior. It establishes that the testimonial method, as interpreted from the work of Anna Carter Florence, provides a particularly useful means of preaching a challenging word in a large, predominantly white, affluent, progressive mainline congregation in the Midwest. It engages the work of Henry H. Mitchell and Frank A. Thomas, and the insights of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to refine the approach to preaching with more sensory focus and a more deliberate use of cognitive, intuitive and emotional elements. This integration of sources in practice provides a replicable method for preaching liberation that is likely to compel the hearer to changed behavior.
