Posts Tagged ‘Evangelism’
Words of Love That Follow Deeds Of Love
One of my ongoing frustrations in Servant Evangelism has come in seeing people verbalize the Good News. The tendency of human nature is to speak little in the context of serving others. It is rather easy to recruit people onboard with the serving part of the equation (the “S”). The evangelism (the “E”) is more…
Read MoreSucceed by Persevering
So much is riding on our capacity to simply stick with the plan—to continue to love our city into a relationship with Christ. Success in all of this is not that difficult if we can just continue to show up in faithfulness. I am continually asked by people about new ideas for outreach as if…
Read MoreGo Out During Bad Weather
When inclement weather hits it is surprisingly not the time to draw back and wait for the climate to change. We have an amazing open door before us when bad weather strikes. On bad weather days, those we serve actually are far more impressed by our stick-to-itiveness than when we go out to serve on…
Read MoreAdding Services
As we continue with serving it becomes fairly normal that we will expand to multiple services. By serving we are folding into the community in creative ways with the life of God. That life has a way of making room for itself much like the verse in Proverbs, “your gifts will make room for you.”…
Read MoreNo Matter What You Are Up to You Can Do This…
Relatively few of us are gifted in the area of evangelism. In fact, many of us have a rather dismal track record when it comes to sharing our faith. Yet, in spite of our evangelistic shortcomings, we want to share Jesus with others. Is there a way we can be involved in sharing the gospel…
Read MoreThe Mike Slaughter Interview
Mike Slaughter shares his heart as it relates to over 30 years of solid ministry at Ginghamsburg Church at Tipp City (Dayton), Ohio. Slaughter reflects upon how his initial church growth strategy misfired. He had to get a vision from on high. The Mike Slaughter Interview His pathway has been marked by moderate but consistent…
Read More#10.5- Hold the Door
#10.5- Hold the door for others – elevator, door front. Do this even if you’re in a hurry. It’ll calm you down and will soothe your soul going into the next appointment. Basic outreach etiquette: Tell them why you are doing this. “We are just a bunch of Christians out doing community service projects…
Read MoreBeing “Nice” Is Not Enough
The Starbucks “Pay It Backwards” story is an echo of what has taken place with SE stuff for fifteen-twenty years. It is encouraging and scary at the same time. It is essential that we explain WHY we are doing what we do to show God’s love. To be nice to people for niceness sake does…
Read MoreWhat In The World Is God Up To?
Jesus, What’s up with the harvest? Signed, Steve (and friends) PS. This routine of not seeing much is getting tiring… Like all elementary school teachers. I intercepted my share of notes passed during class times. Here is a question worth pondering: If you could slip Jesus a one-line note what would yours read? Mine would…
Read MorePlease Forgive The Confusion…
I’m making a New Year’s resolution… now that it’s late May. I caught onto the futility of the resolution thing a long time ago and stopped doing them. Such things are useless in my mind (no offense unless the shoe fits…) To do so is akin to “And this year I’m going to push a…
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