We proclaim Jesus to make disciples of Jesus. We want to be instruments of God, so others might have an encounter and response to his grace and mercy, and so become disciples of Jesus. The goal of any proclamation of the kerygma is conversion. That is what this post is for - to go through the basic content of the kerygma. In fact, we ought to be able to tell the saving story of Jesus’ life in a simple manner that can be understood by all. In other words, Jesus came to save us and the message we proclaim is about him. In the Christian context, it zeroes in more precisely on the proclamation of the Good News (or “Gospel”) of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. Kerygma is a Greek word which means “ proclamation”.

This is unfortunate, because a lot of the answers to our problems lie in a deeper understanding what the kerygma is and how we ought to be using it.

In modern times it is only used in Christian circles and even then, not widely. If you want to talk about Churchy language, then the word, “kerygma” is at the top of the list.

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