Welcome to the Preaching Lab
Preaching Lab provides you with a gospel-centered framework that starts with worship and ends with mission.
Most preachers were never actually taught how to preach. They watched someone else do it, said yes when asked, and figured it out as they went. And more often than not, the whole process is exhausting.
Maybe that's you.
Welcome to the Preaching Lab. It is a hybrid course designed for people who love God’s word and want a more sustainable process to teach it well.
8 on-demand videos - so you can learn at your own pace.
6 live lab sessions - so you can ask questions, practice the skills in a safe learning environment, and sharpen your understanding. This lets you work through the process in real time, so you don’t have to guess, “Am I doing this right?”
A downloadable Workbook - that captures the key skills and action items from each video and sets you up well for the live lab.
Dr. Danielle Burkholder leads Preaching Lab. She is an ordained minister, experienced preacher, former teaching pastor, ICF-certified coach, and leadership development specialist who has trained preachers in the US and around the world. She brings every credential you'd want in a preaching coach - and none of the distance.
"I felt nervous not knowing what to expect coming into the live labs, but Danielle made the whole process feel achievable. I feel so much more confident in my preaching prep and delivery."
Since this is a preaching lab, the last lab includes students preaching their sermons and receiving real-time feedback in a life-giving and immediately actionable format!
This is for you if:
You're a newer preacher or lay leader ready to develop a consistent preparation practice
You've been preaching for a while but want to go deeper into gospel-centered preparation
You're tired of winging it last minute and want a repeatable process you can trust
You want to grow alongside a coach who will cheer you on and not hold back on how you can grow
This is not for you if:
You're looking for a passive content experience with no accountability
You already have a gospel-centered framework that's working — and you're happy with it.
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Video 2: A Gospel-Centered Framework - Part 1
What makes a sermon gospel-centered and how to build one.
What makes a sermon gospel-centered and how to build one.
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Video 4: Crafting the Delivery - Part 1
Communication principles and simple-to-use tools that move a sermon from information transfer to an invitation to transformation.
Communication principles and simple-to-use tools that move a sermon from information transfer to an invitation to transformation.
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Video 6: Building a Preachable Outline
Bringing the gospel-centered framework together with the communication tools in a clear outline, contextualized for your audience.
Bringing the gospel-centered framework together with the communication tools in a clear outline, contextualized for your audience.
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Bonus Video: Giving and Receiving Sermon Feedback
Preparation for your capstone experience and a framework to support ongoing preaching development.
Preparation for your capstone experience and a framework to support ongoing preaching development.
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Preaching Lab is not a classroom; it is a community of preachers learning together.
You do not have to figure it out on your own.
Sermon preparation doesn’t have to be a chore, and it doesn’t have to rely on last-minute adrenaline. You can have simple-to-use tools at your disposal that will transform how you prepare and deliver biblical truth. In the lab format, you don’t have to guess whether you are doing it right; you get to practice with others in a safe and encouraging environment with other preachers and teachers of the Bible.
