#10. Don’t Take Yourself, or Your Results, too Seriously.
What you are doing in ministry is 100% experimental no matter what you may say to the contrary. I've been doing outreach for decades...
#5 Way Your Group Can Connect: Commit For Long Haul
When God can find people like you, who are willing to be diligent with his activities in a city, he gets excited. God blesses...
#3 Way Your Sm Group Can Connect: Hone In On Golden...
You will probably find there are less than five projects that seem to work remarkably in your community. Think of these as your anointed...
#2 Way Your Small Group Can Connect With Your Community
2. Try A Variety of Serving Projects to See What Works.
Serving is a lot like cooking proverbial spaghetti. To see if it’s done...
17 Ways Your Small Group Can Connect With Your Community
1. Notice Brokenness Around You.
Most of the time we ignore the pain and suffering that goes on around us. It is painful to...
Mega Church Pastoral Myth #2: “We are doing a lot of...
Probable Reality: Little outreach is actually going on here. Most of what is going on is outreach fluff.
It is very difficult to establish...
Mistake #7. Too Few Outreach Opportunities.
Sometimes we think about doing outreach only now and then. But it takes a steady commitment to reach our community if we hope to...
My Top 10 Outreach Misfires: Mistake #4. Not having patience with...
“How long does it take for someone to come to Christ?” Can we put a timeframe on people’s trek to Jesus? To listen to...
Mistake #3. Outreach without simultaneously listening to the Holy Spirit.
If we hope to succeed in outreach it is essential that we walk in a spirit of prayer. We need an acute awareness of...
Outreach Mistake #2: Not catching an adequate variety of fish
Mistake #2. Not trying to catch an adequate variety of fish.
Typical human nature encourages us to reach out only to those who are like...