The Rabbit and the Elephant Review

Rabbit and the Elephant Book Review

Today, I’m participating in a blog book tour for The Rabbit and the Elephant: Why Small Is the New Big for Today's Church Tony and Felicity Dale.Others have published their entry ahead of me (see below), and a few others will follow behind. The Rabbit and the Elephant A movement of house … [Read more...]

Beating Dunbars Number

Several years ago, I was challenged as a youth pastor to give my leadership away  -- delegate, delegate, and delegate. The challenger warned me that I could only reach so many people, but if I delegated and empowered, I could lead larger ministries with longer reaches and greater sustainability.  … [Read more...]

Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part III

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I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live - A Review Part ISee Part II of Evangelism Where You Live - A Review Part IIThis final … [Read more...]

Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part II

I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live - A Review Part IThe authors do make progress in developing their thesis in the remainder … [Read more...]

Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part 1

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I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I’ll be pulling out a few themes. A philosophy … [Read more...]

Church Based Relational Evangelism

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I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I'll be pulling out a few themes. What's not … [Read more...]

5 Phases of Church Renewal

As I continued to read through Ron Crandall's book, he gives a list of principles for church renewal and revitalization from the ages of church history.  It may seem like a no-brainer, but at least observations through church history back it up.1.  Personal renewal.Renewal of a church … [Read more...]

Effective Evangelism Training Lab Time

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In some of our weekend Evangelism Training Seminars, we often build in a practical exercise in personal evangelism, a "lab time," where people can leave the retreat setting and venture out to do evangelism in the style that we teach.It is modeled after Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.The … [Read more...]