country preacher
Backwoods sermon deliverer
A country preacher is a minister serving a rural congregation, typically associated with Protestant Christianity in the American South and Midwest.
The term evokes small-town religion—plain-spoken sermons, modest churches, and close ties to the farming community.
It can suggest either authenticity and folksy wisdom or limited sophistication, depending on context: He had the fiery delivery of a country preacher.
- ruralOf the countryside
- small townModest rural settlement
- sermonClergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- Sunday sermonReligious weekly address
congregation · church pew · revival · tent revival · altar call · fire and brimstone · baptist · gospel · good book · hellfire · brimstone · saving souls · circuit · circuit rider · flock · hymns · salvation · tent
country preacherarchbishop
Senior prelate over province
cardinal · pope · metropolitan · televangelist · pontiff
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