Eyes to See, Ears to Hear

This morning in worship service, our associate pastor told us he is going to Malaysia for 10 days to head up a conference for local pastors.  The purpose of the conference is to train them in expository preaching.  As soon as we heard that, my wife and I shared the same question, "Will the style he teaches Malaysian pastors be culturally relevant to their local congregations?"Let me say that I believe in expository preaching no matter where on the planet the Word is being preached as long as it falls in this definition I got from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expository_preaching. “Expository preaching (also referred to as systematic exposition) is a form of preaching that expounds upon the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture.” 

There is no Scripture that has more than one meaning and it is that meaning that I feel has to be delivered in any preaching.  Where my possible objection(s) (still deciding) come in is equipping pastors to exposit Scripture and leading them to only deliver the discovered message in a 3-point ‘textbook’ sermon.  I do not see how that can be the most effective communication method for all societies in the world.  I’ve seen that very scenario here in the states when Dana and I attended White Oak AME Zion Church in Van Wyck, SC, for four Sundays during our Intercultural Communications Course.  Pastor Jones definitely did not deliver a 3-point sermon but he did deliver the Word of God in a way his congregation could grasp.  I think that if a 3-pointer would be brought in to White Oak, it would not make near as much impact in the lives of the people because it would be coming to them in a manner by which they were not used to. 

What I’d like to hear from you is your take on these things.  Do you think expository preaching is applicable in ALL sermons around the world?  What method are you used to?  Do you prefer topical preaching over expository or vice versa? Why?  At what point in the above Malaysian scenario do you think the equipping could/would turn to detriment due to cultural differences?