This study explored the effectiveness of communication training for clergy, working to create an outcomes assessment model for such endeavors. Clergy-participants (N=46) completed an extensive training process designed to increase the transformative quality of their sermon communication. Training outcomes were assessed with a prepost test design, using listener feedback (N=7,564) and expert evaluation. Results suggest that communication training has an impact on the transformative quality of sermon communication. This exploration also reveals a need for further investigation of (1) communication training outcomes assessment and (2) the communicative goal of public speaking in the church context.