How Do Pastors Forget About Evangelism?

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?

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Revive Us, Oh God

Monday is for Discussion Reality is a significant adrenalin rush when it smacks you in the face. Here’s reality on the US church planting scene. We are failing to reach our children with the gospel. Most believers never share the gospel with another person. Most churches (80%) are plateaued or declining. Most church plants grow … More Revive Us, Oh God

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If We Aren’t Fishing for Men, We Aren’t Following Jesus

Thursday is for Discipleship “Discipleship is evangelistic before it is formative.” I’ve written about this before (see here). When we fail to understand this we truncate the process of real spiritual formation that is truly biblical and Christ-like. Even as I write that sentence I become aware of another aspect of the problem. Words have changed … More If We Aren’t Fishing for Men, We Aren’t Following Jesus

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How Do We Give More than Slogan Status to “More and Better Disciples”

Thursday is for Discipleship Back in March I wrote about Jesus’ method of discipleship and how different it was from ours (see: Discipleship: How Did Jesus Do It? ). I mentioned five principles. He lived with them. He conversed with them. He modeled for them. He gave them responsibility He left them. That fifth principle is a … More How Do We Give More than Slogan Status to “More and Better Disciples”

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Four Types of Churches: With Apologies to the US Military

Monday Discussion All branches of the US Military are vital to any military action that the nation undertakes. All branches are filled with brave men and women who risk much to keep our nation safe. They (each branch) are designed to complement one another and accomplish the single task of victory. With apologies to the … More Four Types of Churches: With Apologies to the US Military

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Still more weekend reading quotes

Missional Leadership “Church planting is worthwhile only if it advances God’s kingdom–God’s area of reign in human hearts here on earth. When men and women are made into a ‘new creation’ (2 Corinthians 5;17), it happens through a spiritual conversion. Thus one way the kingdom is advanced is when new converts are made. Church planting … More Still more weekend reading quotes

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Fleshing Out a Missional Philosophy of Ministry

Developing a Mental Map of Missional Ministry Here are a list of links to recent posts that will help to construct a mental map of the philosophy of ministry undergirding much of our ministry. Missional Musings on Intensely Local Ministry Necessary, Normal and Natural–NOT! What Does INTENSELY LOCAL Ministry look like? Cracking the Nut of the Neighborhood Fleshing Out … More Fleshing Out a Missional Philosophy of Ministry

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