About

Michael Duduit is the founding publisher and editor of Preaching magazine. He is author and editor of several books, including the Handbook of Contemporary Preaching (Broadman & Holman Press), Joy in Ministry (Baker Books) and Communicate With Power (Baker Books). From 1996 until 2000 he served as editor of the Abingdon Preaching Annual series. His email newsletter, PreachingNow, is read each week by more than 16,000 pastors and church leaders in the U.S. and around the world.

He is founder and director of the National Conference on Preaching and the International Congress on Preaching, which was last held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. (The next international congress will be April 17-19, 2007 at Cambridge University.) He has been a pastor and associate pastor, has served a number of churches as interim pastor, and speaks regularly for churches, colleges and conferences.

Dr. Duduit has taught and served on the administrative staff of several institutions, including Samford University, Southern Baptist Seminary, Palm Beach Atlantic University, and Union University, where he served from 1996 until 2002 as Executive Vice President and Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Christian Studies. A graduate of Stetson University (B.A., 1975) and Southern Seminary (M.Div., 1979), he earned the Ph.D. in Humanities at Florida State University (1983). Duduit is a former President of the Baptist Communicators Association, and is listed in Who's Who in Religion and in the most recent issue of Who's Who in America.

He and his wife, Laura, have two sons, James and Stephen.

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