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Leadership Wisdom from Winning on The Price is Right

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It was the thrill of the year to hear the announcer say, “The first contestant on The Price is Right is Mary Jane Show-grin”...

Plan Less, Do More

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It is entirely possible to over plan, over think, over prepare in life but never get to the execution stage. There is something about...

Perseverance is the Name of the Game

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I recently connected with someone who is introducing outreach at his church and is receiving a less than enthusiastic response. Not surprising. In general, when...

94 Servant Evangelism Ideas for Your Church

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Servant Evangelism (SE) connects people to people in a natural, easy, low- risk, high grace way. Who doesn't like to be given a cold...

6 Outreach Leadership Lessons From Johnny Appleseed

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John Chapman, aka the legendary “Johnny Appleseed”, was a missionary who reached out to Native Americans in the Ohio Valley in the early 1800s. He...

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Mega-Churches or Medium-sized Churches…?

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Why Kindness?

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I was asked to write two book forwards this week. This is something I have done for a number of writers – more in...

Was Osama Bin Laden Saved?

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The cover of Time magazine recently featured Pastor Rob Bell and his controversial new book that hones in on the weighty issue of eternity....

7.5 Lessons I Learned About Outreach At Burning Man

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The famous Burning Man Festival is happening right now in the desert north of Reno right now. About 50,000 people from all over the world...

Lesson #10: Turtles Last Longer Than Rabbits

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#10: Turtles Last Longer Than Rabbits You’ve heard Aesop’s story about the tortoise and the hare. In this classic tale, the hare takes off quickly...

Doing Outreach or Reaching Out?

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When we do outreach by serving - servant evangelism (kindness outreach) - to give away bottles of water at a stoplight or clean toilets...

Have You Considered Starting A Sunday PM Service?

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There has been talk of late about the downside of starting Saturday evening services. Having pioneered that time slot from the get-go as an...

Go Out Anyway

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Just Show Up! When it comes to doing outreach projects with teams a lot can go right... and wrong. After doing team-oriented outreaches for decades...

Simplifying God’s Voice

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Do you feel inadequate in the area of connecting with God's voice? When you hear others mention they have gotten specific guidance from God...

How to Release Love at Your Church

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As you make loving others the priority of your church’s life all other goals that are important and biblical, tend to fall into place...

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OUTREACH & EVANGELISM

Toilet Cleaning Considerations

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I just came back with teams doing a restroom cleaning outreach. I seem to have some sort of touch with this outreach – in...

Extending Your Half-Life In The Community

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The term Half-life refers to how long something continues to have an influence on a system. For example, how long does a medication remain...

Talk Up The Gospel

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I have heard a lot of speculation about the utter demise of spontaneous evangelistic conversations such as verbalizing the Gospel to strangers. I understand...