Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Last week, the PC USA (where my ordination is held) released some information on the denomination's membership statistics.In two years, the denomination has shrank by approximately 94,000 people.The summary:There was a net loss of 56 congregations in 2006.Membership decreased by … [Read more...]
The art of welcoming the first time guests who visit our churches is to practice the art of church hospitality.Church Hospitality is not evangelism as we define and use it here.Rather, church hospitality helps to shape the environment for hearing the joyful sharing of the good news of the … [Read more...]
BuildingChurchLeaders.com has a great story today about a pastor trying to do evangelism. The author is a baptist pastor, and some of his challenges are a reflection of Baptist positions, but the article itself shows the practical challenges that we face in doing lifestyle evangelism. It's a good … [Read more...]
Over dinner this weekend, I heard this story first hand. I had only been a Christian for six months. Six years ago, we moved from Texas to Richmond and began to look for a Spanish language church. I didn't find any for a few weeks, so my wife and I decided to attend an English language … [Read more...]
Over the weekend, we held a yard sale -- selling off some our posessions (which is why it was a quiet posting week for me).We even let people know our house is for sale, though not at a yard sale price. We had a lot of people coming to our house, looking over stuff we no longer need or even want.One … [Read more...]
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