Editor's Intro: In December 2014, PreachingToday.com's editor, Matt Woodley, spent two weeks in Nigeria. Matt had the opportunity to preach in many different venues, but he also had the chance to talk to some great Nigerian pastors and preachers. Jacob Kwashi, a bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Jos (about an hour outside the capital city of Abuja), offers some biblically balanced thoughts about the role of preaching in Nigeria—thoughts that will resonate with many American preachers as well.

Matt Woodley is the pastor of compassion ministries at Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton, Illinois.