3 Keys to Church Growth — Case Study

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Recently, in late July, I was in Volcán Panama, teaching evangelism training workshops at the mission base of Operation Mobilization Panama. Missionaries from 6 different countries had come to Volcán Panama for two months of working with the local church.To double up the use of the time, … [Read more...]

Short term Mission Evangelism

Coming up in a few weeks, I'll be teaching at a missions base in the Far west of Panama.  I'll be training missionaries in their concentrated lecture phase before they begin a 6 week outreach working in partnership with local churches among some of the unreached groups in Panama. This has led … [Read more...]

Friday Finds for May 16

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Evangelism Training Podcast: Overflow Podcast Show A 5 minute podcast on how you can overflow into your non-Christian friends lives. Overflow is the best ideas from the best books on evangelism.  Subscribe through iTunes.  From  Godsquad.com Improve Search Ranking for your Church's Website I … [Read more...]

Friday Finds — A brief roundup of interesting posts

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...]

God’s Heart for the Nations, Part IV — The Holy Spirit Empowers

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In part I of God's Heart for the Nations, we saw God's heart for the nations, and how reaching the nations is part of God's ultimate plan. In part II of God's Heart for the Nations, we saw how the Father initiates in the choice of Israel to begin the process of redemption. In part III of God's Heart … [Read more...]

God’s Heart for the Nations — Part III

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In part I of God's Heart for the Nations, we saw God's heart for the nations, and how reaching the nations is part of God's ultimate plan. In part II of God's Heart for the Nations, we saw how the Father initiates in the choice of Israel to begin the process of redemption. Today, we'll focus in on … [Read more...]

God’s heart for the Nations, Part II

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Yesterday in Part I of God's Heart for the Nations, we saw that God’s redemptive plan was for the nations.This is accomplished by individuals, but ultimately, the plan of redemption will impact nations. Every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord – Phillipians … [Read more...]

God’s Heart for the Nations – Part 1

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Today, we begin a series entitled “God’s Heart for the Nations.”Salvation is not just for individuals, but for the nations.Here is what burns in my heart as my passion in life: to help the Church get passionate about evangelismand leading people into discovering their faith in … [Read more...]

Short Term Mission, What Can Peru teach us?

Robert Priest, PhD, has written an excellent article for my alumni rag about short term missions in Latin America.It is an article at looking at the local impact that short term missionaries from America have on the local church and it's outreach. Many articles have been written about the … [Read more...]

What is the Church doing in the community?

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The Ellison Group just released interesting survey results about church evangelism.Click here to see it yourself with all the charts and the like.Its got some good news and some not so good news. I encourage you to read it directly.The nationwide survey was focused on measuring the … [Read more...]