Posts Tagged ‘observations’
The State of… Evangelism (Part 4)
Disconnect Between Pastors and Evangelists The matter of evangelists connecting with the local church was raised – with great emotion. I consider myself to be something of an oddball, frankly. Clearly, I am a pastor, church launcher, a coach of church launchers, and perhaps above all one who stirs up evangelism. Thus I understood the…
Read MoreThe State of… Evangelism (Part 3)
Disconnect Between Pastors and Evangelism One of the big questions discussed: “Why is evangelism less prominent now than any time in the past several generations in the western Church?” After this was batted around a bit, I tossed my two bits into the mix. “We are presenting to our people a model for inviting that…
Read MoreNothing New
As soon as I posted my above point someone offered the surface “Thanks for your great point… BUT what about the preaching of the gospel…” I knew this was coming. It always is coming. Why is it coming? Because we would always rather discuss the right way to do this as opposed to actually risking…
Read MoreLooking Outward…
I recently sat on a two-hour flight next to a guy who initially was a bit miffed when I asked if I could sit next to the window where his ticket read because I have great difficulty getting up and down on planes (my damaged legs and all). This tall guy reluctantly agreed. I am…
Read MoreSoft Power Before Hard Power
The early Church had an oppositional atmosphere that, in some ways, served the purposes of God. The opposition to the message of the coming of the kingdom is not so much in the culture at large but in the status quo religious stalemate institutions of the day. A cursory look at Church history will show…
Read MoreGod Is In The Air
Not to sound overly spiritual, but God is in the air. I have been doing this for a long time and in many places – this thing of starting spiritually-based enterprises. I have not experienced a small fraction of the spiritual stirring as I do here. At the same time, I have never paid the…
Read MoreThe Bird
Most of the people in the Tampa Bay Area are not from here – much like Denver, or Los Angeles or Las Vegas. To clear up a misunderstanding, there are very few elderly-retirees living in the Tampa area. This is not a “snowbird” area. Those who do own condos in the Clearwater area (just across…
Read MoreMoving? Here’s a Tip
In the course of moving south recently, Janie and I have researched numbers of ways of doing this. The “givens” are… 1. Nothing gets broken (duh – what’s the point if you have nice stuff that gets cracked up along the way regardless of savings?) 2. Personal sanity. Enough said. We discovered two ways specific…
Read MoreDoable
The current stat that has held steady for decades – that only 3% of the attendees of even the most evangelistic churches will even one time share their faith in Jesus with anyone outside of their own immediate family, in their lifetimes… this stat will fall to pieces in the next decade. I may be…
Read MoreWhere On Earth Is The Church Going?
Ever wonder “Where will things be in ten years?” I abide by the wisdom that our greatest mistake is to overestimate what can happen in the long run (ten years say) and to underestimate what change can happen in the short haul (five years). With that in mind, let me take a shot at what…
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