They Like Jesus But Not The Church – A Review

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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...]

Conversational Evangelism Conference

Here is a promo for the conversational evangelism conference, though it was last month.  I include it here because it features thinkers and thought leaders in practical evangelism training. I have used training material from many of the people seen on the stage in this promo:Mark Mittleberg … [Read more...]

Friday Finds

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Cup of Joe offers up some helpful Evangelism resource recommendations, with a reminder that God is the evangelist. Dan Kimball is doing a series on hell, including this one: “If you think I’m going to hell, you should care that I’m going to hell.” (To quote Seinfield’s … [Read more...]

Ten Reasons To Use Your Local Coffee Shop for Your Evangelism Small Groups

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I've had many a conversation withchurch planters who want to start a coffee house church members who want to start a coffee house ministry church members who want to run a coffee shop churches who want to deal Fair Trade Coffee (such as Esperanza Coffee Group) for their … [Read more...]

Friday Finds

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Current Reading:I finished reading They like Jesus, but not the Church by Dan Kimball. It has a companion website to explore (www.theylikejesus.com). I enjoyed Dan's take on culture, and cultural exegesis. He does a great job of explaining our current culture and how the church should engage … [Read more...]

Friday’s Collection . . . .

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New Reading I got my new stack of books in this week. I'm currently reading They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations by Dan Kimball about ministry to the Emerging Generation. I'm drinking it up and will likely be writing about it next week.Pray with Me My little article … [Read more...]

Dan Kimbal on 20 and 30 somethings

Today's non-Christian 20- and 30-somethings are big fans of Jesus but are less thrilled with His followers and the churches where they worship. Pastor/author Dan Kimball reveals their six most common perceptions of Christians and the Church, what they wish church was like--and why you should be … [Read more...]