My Daddy was a farmer when I was a young kid. We were a subsistence farming family, which means we pretty much lived off the crops and livestock my parents raised. Some of my earliest memories are of tilling – planting – reaping. →
Listen to the prayer requests in your church. They will tell you what your church folks value as they go before the throne of God. How many of the requests have eternity in view? →
The pastor MUST model, lead, and drive the ministry of evangelism. It is too important to ignore or to delegate to an associate. Period. Exclamation point! Rarely, if ever, will you find a TRULY evangelistic church that is led in evangelism from the lay level up, or even from an associate staff level up. →
Both words, evangelical and evangelistic, are rooted in the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion), which means “good news” or “gospel.” Perhaps this is a bit simplistic, but it is essentially correct: • An evangelical church is a church that believes the basic truths of the Biblical gospel. • An evangelistic church is a congregation that not only believes the gospel, but also strives hard to obey our Lord’s command to proclaim it broadly and share it person-to-person with unbelievers. Is your church only evangelical, or is it TRULY evangelistic? →
A recent survey revealed that most growing churches are growing through transfer growth, just “recirculating the saints.” Only 6 percent to 7.5 per cent of churches are growing through conversions. And churches that are experiencing conversion growth are churches that are intentionally evangelistic, outwardly focused as much as inwardly focused. →
While many pastors and leaders would say that evangelism and discipleship are indispensable in the church, few could articulate their plan for the same. In the introduction to this blog series, the author reveals the truths that many have never been discipled and most aren’t involved in evangelism and discipleship, as he begins his call for a change. →
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