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Is 20 minutes enough for a Sunday sermon?

Pastor Ed Young of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, shared his thoughts in a Sept. 28 video about the duration of most contemporary sermons and says he might have found the sweet spot.

After finishing the second service at Fellowship’s Frisco campus, Young, 64, appeared to have an epiphany of sorts on how long is too long when it comes to sermons. “The first service I preached 36 minutes. Way too long. The second service I did it in 20 mins and 43 seconds,” he said. “And guess what? The second message, the 20-minute message, was better than the 36-minute message.”

Young, who's known for his colorful, highly stylized sermons, including a controversial 2012 sermon on marital intimacy presented as a “bed-in” with his wife Lisa

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