2020 Howard Thurman Lecture: The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery

The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery, dean of Duke University Chapel and associate professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School, presented the annual Howard Thurman Lecture on November 12, 2020, sponsored by Candler’s Black Church Studies program, as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. 

The lecture, “A Homiletical Sankofa: The Spirituals and the Future of Ministry,” focused on the Black church’s vital practices of music and preaching, exploring spirituals as musical sermons in the Spirit that can serve as a critical resource for reflecting on and moving forward into the future of ministry. Watch here.