{"id":5146,"date":"2010-10-29T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/preacher-attempts-to-break-record-for-longest-sermon.html"},"modified":"2010-10-29T13:15:56","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T13:15:56","slug":"preacher-attempts-to-break-record-for-longest-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/preacher-attempts-to-break-record-for-longest-sermon.html","title":{"rendered":"Preacher attempts to break record for longest sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is this really such a good idea<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\nIf you are attending Lambeg Parish Church in Lisburn this weekend, bring a cushion.<\/p>\n

Parishioners at the church will have the opportunity to sit through their rector’s attempt to break a UK record for the longest uninterrupted sermon preached on a single subject.<\/p>\n

Canon Rev Ken McReynolds hopes to faithfully speak for six hours on Lessons For Living, based around characters in the Bible tomorrow.<\/p>\n

“I’m sitting here preparing a very, very long sermon and I will be here all week writing it,” he said. “I’ve already worked my way through Adam and Eve and Noah and currently I’m on Lot, he was a descendant of Abraham.”<\/p>\n

The rector — who was quick to admit that many people believe sermons are boring — knows exactly which side of the pulpit he would prefer to be on.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think there will be many listening to the whole six hours. So what I said was that people could collect sponsorship for me to do the six hours or they could collect money for themselves to listen to the entire sermon,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I have no hesitation in saying that I would far rather be up on the pulpit than listening.”<\/p>\n

During his first record attempt he said that one parishioner brought along her knitting while he preached the Word of God.<\/p>\n

The rector previously held the title when he piously spoke for five hours non-stop several years ago.<\/p>\n

But the record was beaten by a Church of England minister from the south of England who remained at the pulpit for a whopping five-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n

Now Rev McReynolds hopes to regain the title through the sponsored preach which is being held to raise funds for the Church Army Evangelist Training Fund.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more at the link. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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