1.  TO DECLARE GOOD NEWS  (Rom.1O:15)
2. TO EDIFY THE HEARER (1 Thess. 5:11)
3.  TO INFORM THE LIS­TENER (Matt. 28:19,20)
4. TO PRESENT THE TRUTH (John 8:32)
5.  TO PRODUCE FAITH (Rom. 10:17)
6.  TO CONDEMN ERROR (James 5::19,20)
7.  TO REBUKE THE ERRING (2 Tim. 4:2)
6.  TO RESTORETHE ERRING (James 5:16)
9.  TO SHOW THE CONSE­QUENCES OF SIN (Rom. 6:23)
10. TO ENCOURAGE CHRIST­IAN LIVING (2 Peter 1:5-11)
11. TO COMFORT THOSE IN SORROW (Rom. 12:15)
12. TO SAVE SOULS (Mk. 16:15,16)

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