2008 Edwards Lectureship

Leonard Sweet has long been an advocate of the attempt to contextualize Christianity into modern American culture. As an author, preacher, scholar, and ordained United Methodist clergyperson, he has published numerous scholarly articles and sermons. Sweet currently serves as the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew Theological School in Madison, New Jersey. He is also founder and president of SpiritVenture Ministries, which focuses on the study of Semiotics. Sweet has twice been voted as One of the 50 Most Influential Christian Leaders in America.