Today’s guest post is from Robert Shaw, Pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Winfield Indiana. I’ve met Robert at the Evangelism Conference for the PCUSA last year, and ran into him again at the transformation pastors conference that just ended in St. Pete’s Beach in FL. He shares with us some of the things that …
Hospitality, or welcoming visitors, is only a part church based evangelism, but it’s not evangelism as we define evangelism. Rather, hospitality helps create a context for evangelism to happen in a church context. What does red carpet hospitality start with? It starts with a good welcome. Who takes the initiative to greet? When visitors show …
Some churches play hard to get! Websites don’t list any contact information Worship Service times are not on the telephone responder, Service hours are not on on a sign near the front door or on the road. One Low Cost Church Marketing Idea Here is one low-cost idea that you can use to help advertise …
I had the privilege this week of preaching at a church in Marietta Georgia. It was a church in the Pentecostal stream of the Body of Christ. It was ok with them my ordination is with the Presbyterian Church. I’m a Presbyterian that’s been “tampered with,” meaning I don’t fit a stereo-typical Presbyterian pastor.
I just read a timely article about this in Net Results Magazine’s September/October 2007 Issue. Bill Easum writes “Back to Basics,” calling on church leaders to get back to the great commission and the great commandment. In returning to the Great Commandment, he exhorts congregations about the need to return to the basic ministry of …
In Unbinding the Gospel, Martha Grace results presents the results of studying over 1000 mainline churches.
