Speaker: Arthur H. DeKruyter

Title: I Will Build My Church

Date: April 17, 2005

Venue: Christ Church of Oak Brook, IL

Clip Length: 1 min 34 sec

(Clip courtesy of Arthur H. DeKruyter)
I Will Build My Church
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Questions

1.) What is the likely purpose of this speech given by the retired pastor at an anniversary celebration of the founding of his former church? (22)

2.) How would you evaluate his verbal expressiveness in terms of its fit with this audience of current and former members of the church? (65, 67)

3.) How would you assess the speech in terms of extemporaneous delivery? (68)

4.) Is DeKruyter's view of the role of the church in society compatible with civil discourse in a multicultural nation? (12-18)

Page numbers in above parentheses are from Quentin Schultze, An Essential Guide to Public Speaking.
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