FAITH NEWS SERVICE – For immediate release: World Challenge presents The Power of Preaching, showcasing the purpose and effectiveness of true biblical preaching in the words of acclaimed ministers from around the world (Ambassador International; February 4, 2025, $17.99). Each chapter shares wisdom and experience from seasoned proclaimers of the Gospel, including Gary Wilkerson, Voddie Baucham, R. T. Kendall, and Joshua West.
Through the means of biblical study and personal experience, the authors hope to encourage younger pastors and Christian leaders to stay the course as they preach God’s Word, admonishing them to struggle against their own desires and the temptation to cater to their audience.
“As you read their messages, may you see God,” writes Wilkerson. “May God strike you with a sense of Who He is—His might, splendor, and majesty. May He keep you from smallness of thought, heart, mind, study, passion, and the view of God. May God once again give you a high and lifted-up view of Who He is and may that change everything about your preaching.”
World Challenge was founded by David Wilkerson in 1971 to “transform lives through the mission and message of Jesus Christ.” The organization seeks to lead missions, plant churches, aid in orphan relief, provide for widows, open drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, and evangelize around the world.
About the Authors
John Bailey came to know Christ in 1981 in the Tampa City Jail and has been serving the Lord in pastoral ministry for thirty-five years. A graduate of Southeastern University, he is the vice president of ministry and operations at World Challenge, Inc., and founding pastor of The Springs Church in Jacksonville, Florida. God has led him to spread the Gospel in over fifty nations as a pastor, missionary, and evangelist to Cork, Ireland.
Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., is a pastor, church planter, author, and professor known for his ability to demonstrate the Bible’s relevance to everyday life without compromising the centrality of Christ and the Gospel. He is the dean of the School of Divinity at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia.
Carter Conlon serves as the general overseer of Times Square Church in New York City. He founded Feed New York, supplying food assistance through local churches, and Worldwide Prayer Meeting, a weekly online prayer meeting that draws participants from 207 countries. He hosts two syndicated radio shows, It’s Time to Pray and A Call to the Nation.
Tim Dilena, senior pastor of Times Square Church, has been a regular speaker for the Major League Baseball and National Football League chapels. Author of The 260 Journey, a daily reading and devotional through the New Testament, he travels with Gary Wilkerson and Nicky Cruz and speaks at global pastors’ conferences for World Challenge, where he also serves on the board of directors.
Claude Houde is the founder and senior pastor of New Life Church, one of the largest churches in Canada and the francophone world. An author and international speaker, Claude has brought a message of hope to more than fifty countries and hosts the Café Matinal podcast and YouTube channel. Claude is president of the board of directors of the Christian Association for the Francophone World and chairman of the Institute of Theology for the Francophonie. He is a also a member of the board of directors of World Challenge.
R. T. Kendall has authored more than sixty books, in addition to being an international speaker and pastor. Educated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Oxford University, he pastored local churches and served as senior minister of London’s Westminster Chapel for twenty-five years.
Joshua West is a pastor, evangelist, and author. He is the director of World Challenge Publishing and executive director of the pastors’ network at World Challenge, speaking at conferences, crusades, and churches around the world. His ministry focuses on biblical preaching and teaching with a high view of God and the Scripture that centers around the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Gary Wilkerson is a pastor, author, podcast host, and the president of World Challenge, an international mission organization founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He has traveled nationally and internationally and conducted mission ventures, such as church plants, orphanages, clinics, and feeding programs among the poorest of the poor and the most unreached people of the earth.
To connect with the authors or request a review copy of The Power of Preaching, please contact publicity director Kimberly Davis at media@emeraldhouse.com.
