Monday Discussion It light of the video posted over the weekend with Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch giving brief critiques of the multi-site phenomenon, here are some evaluation friendly questions for multi-site churches. Look around your multi-site church next week: Are the talents of the congregation being maximized for the kingdom? Look around your multi-site … More Evaluating the Multi-site Phenomenon
Monday Discussion What kind of churches will change the world? We need churches filled with missional/incarnational people. We need believers to get out of their buildings and into the communities in which God has placed them. We need people to live among and with our communities and stop expecting them to come into our world. … More Is there a cross-shapedness to the way you live in the world?
Tuesday is for Preaching Tought Primer: Is it likely that in any church service, there are some present who have not had a life-changing conversion experience. They may carry Bibles; they may call themselves Christ followers; they may believe they are ‘saved’; they may speak fluent “Christianese”, but they have never truly placed their trust in … More Preachers are Failing their Congregations
Monday Discussion It is relatively early in the ministry of Christ, after the selection of the twelve disciples, that Jesus commissioned “seventy-two others” to go into the villages of Galilee to preach the gospel and heal the sick. These were not the close, inner associates like Peter, James, or John. Neither were they the twelve … More We Need to Expect More from Christians and the Church
A Monday Missional Missive Psalm 127 (ESV) 1 A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, … More We Shot an Arrow into the Future Yesterday
Monday Discussions on Mission Thom Rainer is reporting that a survey reveals the following about American Christians. I haven’t had time to read all of the article but for the purposes of our discussion today, let’s assume that the numbers are right. Only 21% of active church members invite anyone to church in a year, … More Weep, Weep, and Pray until Your Praying Turns to an Open Mouth for the Gospel
Monday’s Discussion How do we account for the fact that millions of people in America say that they believe the Bible, believe in Jesus, believe that Jesus is God, believe that the gospel is true, believe that Jesus was telling the truth when he said that he was “the way, the truth, and the life … More American Christians Don’t Believe What They Say They Believe
Monday Discussion (Fay: Part 4) On Thursday of last week, my good friend and fellow blogger, Matt Stephens, made some thoughtful comments on the first post in what has become a four part series on the five questions that start the evangelistic process of Bill Fay. Bill’s book is called Sharing Jesus Without Fear, and … More Overt Hostility to the Gospel’s Proclamation is No Excuse for Not Proclaiming the Gospel
Missional Discussion When a church is small, house church size, (whether it intends to stay small or grow to a mega church size is immaterial to this discussion) the amount of time that a pastor/shepherd can spend on evangelism, evangelism training, evangelistic praying, prayer walking, building relationships with non-Christians, etc., is great. The larger a … More How Do Pastors Forget About Evangelism?
Monday is for Discussion “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 What the text says: Jesus promises the Spirit to those who have believed Jesus says … More Irritating Implications of Favorite Scriptures
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