Leith Anderson, senior pastor of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, in his book Dying For Change writes, “Change is an unavoidable part of life. Each church member is changing while the church is changing while the society is changing. Change is not the choice. How we handle it is.” For better or for worse, [...]
Archive for the ‘outreach’ Category
15 Sep
A call to become a “Missionalist!”
A call for Christians (committed followers of Jesus Christ) to become . . . “MISSIONALISTS” . . . The Wikipedia world wide web Dictionary defines “Missional living”: a Christian term that describes a missionary lifestyle; adopting the posture, thinking, behaviors, and practices of a missionary in order to engage others with the gospel message. The [...]
1 Apr
“If The Church Lights Are On – The Lost Will Come! (Today – I Think Not!)”
Copied from the article by Maynard H. Belt from barnabasfile.com Some of the older saints of our congregations will recognize these words, “If the church lights are on – the lost will come!” Actually, there was an era in which this was true. At the turn of the last century, there were many who made [...]
13 Mar
What is an Evangelizing Church?
Statistics show that evangelism in the American church has been dying a slow death. Church growth, so many times, has been attributed to believers leaving one church in his/her area to join another new or ‘exciting’ church instead of the church growing by what’s most important … conversions. We have been called to turn this [...]
27 Oct
What Ever Happened to Evangelism?
It was a joy to preach a series on “Fishing for Souls” for the last 3 Sunday mornings at New Life Community Church in Lake Tapps: Fishing 101 – Love is the Bait; Fishing 201 – Prayer is the Priority; Fishing 301 – Telling People (about God’s saving grace) is the Command.The Word of God [...]
19 Sep
God DOES hear and answer prayer!!!
Do you believe . . . I mean REALLY BELIEVE . . . in the truth that God actually hears the prayers and the cries of His children? And if you believe that God HEARS, do you REALLY BELIEVE that He is moved by your prayers and actually responds?WE BELIEVE IT!!! And yet, we are [...]
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