Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Note: Over the next few days, I'll be sharing some thoughts on postmodernism and evangelism. To keep the articles readable and short, they are spread out over a few days. Grab the RSS feed to get new articles automatically. Postmodernism is still a new discovery I've recently been teaching on … [Read more...]
Being cross cultural missionaries, I run into a clash of worldviews.Likewise, teaching in a missions institute on worldviews, I seek to offer explanations and suggest strategies to contextualize the gospel.We may not see it a lot in the US, but a common worldview I encounter when I minister … [Read more...]
I recently picked up and reread my copy of They like Jesus, but not the Church by Dan Kimball, in review to a post I read this week at the Christian Manifesto.Kimball gears his book at those who want to get out of the Christian subculture and actually engage people in spiritual … [Read more...]
The USA Today recently wrote a great article: Where is Christ in Christmas? It has the typical complaints over "Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays."Focus on the Family put out a video about throwing away catalogs that don't wish you a Merry Christmas. Merry Tossmas My own experience Even … [Read more...]
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...]
I remember a model of evangelism that felt like a sales pitch.I would attend a seminar and learn the newest script for evangelism. The idea is that I would learn a series of conversational steps that would help peopleSee their need for Jesus Make a decision to follow Christ Repeat a … [Read more...]
I've been reading Walking with the Poor, by Bryant L. Myers. The book looks at principles and practices of transformational development.The book explores poverty, causes of poverty, and calls the church to action in engaging broken systems that cause poverty. He lays forth a strong case that … [Read more...]
Today I read a post at 9 Marks about the corporate role of the church and its support of personal evangelism.The writer asks: What is the role of the local church (i.e., corporate witness) in our personal evangelism (i.e., individual, personal witness)? Consider the ethos of your … [Read more...]
Sin must exist for grace to mean something. Eli Dorman at Invite One raises a question about sin and grace in our cultural context.One atheist encourages Christians to listen at the eBay Atheist.Preachers Magazine gives a sermon about Peter and Cornelius, looking at all the conversion that … [Read more...]
A few years ago, we had the privelege of backpacking in Peru, on the Inca Trail, to the old city of Machu Picchu.Along the way, we got to learn alot about the Inca culture that built the city, and some of its beautiful architecture, likely from the 15th century AD (1450s or so).Like the … [Read more...]
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