Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
"There are two kinds of people in the world: those who live the adventure, and those who only read about others living the adventure."Alan Hirsch lives the adventure of being a follower of Jesus. His experiences and learnings show clearly in his writings, and even more so in this book written … [Read more...]
Today's Guest Article is from my friend who has served as our translator during our Nicaragua mission trips.Earl and his family have been serving as church planters in Nicaragua for years, and he shares with us some reflections on getting out of the church walls.Here you go. . . . . . . … [Read more...]
Outflow, written by Steve Sjogren and David Ping, is a group study book aimed at small groups that want to try their hand at servant evangelism, a methodology of evangelism that emphasizes random acts of kindness.The main metaphor in Outflow is the concentric circles of a multi-tiered fountain, … [Read more...]
Pastors Alan and Debbie Kemp recently led their church into a Faith in Action Sunday, following a program that has been developed by World Vision.They chose to take their regular Sunday service and move it to the front lawn of the their church -- going to the streets, so to speak.Their … [Read more...]
One way that you can discover your community need is through setting up prayer stations at your outreach events.For example, we did one at a dental fair where we partnered with the local dental school to give free cleanings to kids (Photos below).Making this prayer station service available … [Read more...]
Dr. Kevin Yoho,General Presbyter Newark Presbytery has put together a presentation called The Reciprocal Church.I like what he's done in calling "the church" back into the nieghborhood, using the idea of reciprocity.Does the church give benefit to the community in exchange for the investment … [Read more...]
Pastor Guiermo has listened to the needs of his community.These needs form the social outreach part of his ministry to help their new church plant serve and connect with its neighbors.He's spent time listening to the needs of the new incoming residents in a part of the area undergoing new … [Read more...]
Yesterday, I returned from doing ministry training in Nicaragua.We worked with nearly 200 ministry leaders from 6 different Central America countries plus the United States. Our team had some plenary sessions during the training camp.Here is a summary of the message I gave the last … [Read more...]
Do your small groups make a difference in the world?Or have they existed so long they are very inward focused?Do they give themselves away, or simply demand more spiritual food from the gifted leader?What can you do to move a small group from self-feeding to selfless service? A … [Read more...]
I'm often asked How does a church build a bridge to the local community? Here is a great example of a church serving it's community and using the web 2.0 technology to do so.12 Stone Church Developed a website calledmyCorkBoard.orgI heard about it in a podcast this past fall where the … [Read more...]
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