Doing the Deed: The Mechanics of 21st Century Preaching (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780985642617)

Martha J. Simmons is now the leading scribe on African American preaching. No one else has edited a larger number of sermons, edited and co-edited a larger number of books, and or written more about African American preaching in the past 30 years, than she has. She served as the head of The African American Pulpit Journal (TAAP) for more than a decade. TAAP remains the only African American-owned preaching journal in history. In 2007, she created The African American Lectionary, an online free resource for clergy, Christian educators, and worship leaders, As of summer 2012, it contained more than 11,500 pages of material for churches. She is also the co-editor of the only African American preaching anthology, "Preaching With Sacred Fire: African American Sermons from 1750 to the Present" (W. W. Norton Publishers, 2010). She holds a Master of Divinity from Emory University (Candler School of Theology) and a law degree from New College of Law, San Francisco, CA.