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Whispering the Gospel

For the longest time, I sought to shout my way into the lives of many who didn’t know Jesus. We’ve become like the culture around...
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Generosity Changes Everything

It’s easy to go through the motions of ministry - to appear to make progress when all we are doing is marching in place....
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What Used to Not Work Works Again

The world is in constant motion. It seems the Church isn’t always aware of this basic fact. If we aren’t careful we can flog...
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Increase Your Outreach IQ

It isn’t so that what you are born with is where you will remain - at least in the area of outreach aptitude. God...
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Toilet Cleaning Considerations

I just came back with teams doing a restroom cleaning outreach. I seem to have some sort of touch with this outreach – in...
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Extending Your Half-Life In The Community

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...
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Talk Up The Gospel

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

I have always liked fishing. Since I was a little kid I have enjoyed getting out on the water and going after fish –...
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Sunflower Seeds and Peggy’s Loss

Today I went out with a serving team to give away free flower seeds near our church in Oregon. One lady I ran into...
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Sometimes Small Numbers Work Best

Many times I have gone outreaching with just a small cadre of folks. Sometimes that has been a homegroup. At other times I have...

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