Tim Schraeder writes "June 22 was a sad day at Park Community Church, we lost a dearly beloved friend ... our weekly program." (Thanks to Church Marketing Sucks writing Death to the Church Bulletin)Chris Forbes writes: Diary of an Expensive Church Planting Marketing Outreach Flop. He … [Read more...]
Is Neighborhood Outreach Evangelism?
August 28, 2008 By 8 Comments
In the course of my consulting and speaking at evangelism training workshops, I've encountered many churches that have very active outreach and community service programs:After school tutoring Shut in or Prisoner Visitation Habitat for Humanity work projects Medical outreaches for the … [Read more...]
Friday Finds
August 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Adrian Warnock asks: Should You be a Church Plant Leader? In it he gives video and a list of 20 questions that every church planter should ask. I was a church planter one, and I work with church planters now. This is a great inventory to add to the list. Joshua Cody at Church … [Read more...]
A church that missed connecting with the community
July 15, 2008 By 7 Comments
As part of our 5 week road trip, we are collecting stories of evangelistic outreach ideas, and learning what some churches are doing successfully or not. Meeting a Community Need One community church had heard that a local city council banned people from walking their dogs in the local … [Read more...]
10 Ideas to Personally Reach Out To Your Neighborhood
May 26, 2008 By 6 Comments
Do you know your Neighbor? Something I experienced when I lived in the suburbs of Richmond VA was the lack of a sense of community in our neighborhood.Sure we all bought nice houses, but with the exception of one family, we didn't know any of the neighbors.What a contrast to our former … [Read more...]
Friday Finds — A brief roundup of interesting posts
May 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Every now and then, I put up a series of links that simply reflect some of the reading that I do. Nathan Eshleman at Presbyterian Thoughts raises a provocative question about how the Church and Illegal Immigrants. Having personally been involved in the immigrant community, and … [Read more...]
Community Exegesis: Where are you planted?
February 22, 2008 By 1 Comment
God has appointed us to live in certain places at certain times (Acts 17:26). It's reasonable to extend this to the church that you are connected with being planted in the neighborhood. Who are the unchurched in your community that your church could easily reach? Who are the unchurched, that … [Read more...]
Business Cards that Church members can give away.
February 18, 2008 By 7 Comments
Some churches play hard to get!Websites don't list any contact information Worship Service times are not on the telephone responder, Service hours are not on on a sign near the front door or on the road.Here is one low-cost idea that you can use to help advertise your church and raise … [Read more...]
Where are the new believers?
November 1, 2007 By 4 Comments
I had the privilege this week of preaching at a church in Marietta Georgia.It was a church in the Pentecostal stream of the Body of Christ. It was ok with them my ordination is with the Presbyterian Church.I'm a Presbyterian that's been "tampered with," meaning I don't fit a … [Read more...]
Friday Finds
October 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I've been out all this week teaching at the Youth With A Mission Base in Panama, but here are some finds for this Friday. Theological links for emerging theologians. Check it out here.List of helpful Evangelism books.Questions for assessing the hospitality factor of your worship service;What about … [Read more...]
