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When an unbeliever walks in my church he says…
In: evangelism
15 Jun 2009What would you rather have…
An unbeliever come to your church, stand and applaud, saying “What an awesome church!”
Or…
An unbeliever come to your church, fall down and exclaim “God is really among you!”
The latter is possible… but the former tends to be our unconscious default.
Don’t misunderstand, there’s nothing wrong with wanting people to think our church [...]
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Is servant evangelism enough?
In: evangelism
17 Feb 2009When I was growing up, the churches I knew focused on one type of evangelism:
MESSAGE
We were “soul-winners”, we were taught the Laws, the Road, the acrostics with the verses. We memorized our testimonies, the answers to the frequently asked questions. Evangelism was an event, a conversation, a presentation. We shared our faith and brought our [...]
Don’t go to church - be the church.
In: evangelism
1 Aug 2008Sunday night I was able to witness an amazing event. Last year we began dreaming about how to engage our church in our community in a catalytic way. Sunday was the capstone event.
This past weekend 3000 people from 8 churches worked in 225 projects to serve the people of Paulding County Georgia. Widows, single moms, [...]
Lost in america.
In: evangelism
6 Feb 2008My friend Ellis Prince is planting a church in Baltimore. As he is exegeting the lostness of his community he has this question:
Are we (in the context of America) seeking who is lost or our we striving to change the perceptions of those who have already heard and are not convinced?
How small is the [...]
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