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Book Review: Becoming a Blessed Church by N. Graham Standish
A medium-sized mainline church in a suburb you won’t recognize has been personally impacted and passed on naturally an experience with God that has blessed both the church and the community. Now that’s a blessed church! No. it’s not a mega-church, and no, it’s not in a booming area, and no, it’s not famous, but it’s blessing people around it and in it every day. Its pastor has found some handles on how to lead such a congregation in the challenging world in which we are living…and he and the members of his church are having the time of their lives in the process. Pastor Graham Standish explains: “Simply put, this is a guide on how to create a church that is open at its foundations to God’s purpose, presence, and power. It is a book on how to create a … [Read More...]
What Are You Waiting For? 2012 PCUSA Evangelism Conference
Influence culture. Live out your mission. Develop disciples. Grow spiritually. The 2012 Evangelism and Church Growth Conference will be held July 30th – August 2nd, 2012 in St. Pete Beach, Fla. Five of the ministries of the Evangelism and Church Growth area of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will host their individual conferences, while sharing group [...]
Faith Sharing in Fresh Ways
The office of Evangelism’s new Engage resource stirs a Charlotte congregation to innovative witness Charlotte, N.C. – Pastor Jerry Cannon still marvels at what happened at C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church in 2011. A year ago, in January, Cannon attended a gathering for pastors of large congregations sponsored by the Office of Evangelism and Church Growth. [...]
Video and Resources from Transforming Congregations Engaging Communities
The UCC’s Evangelism page has posted a series of videos and other resources from the evangelism conference held in Detroit last November: View the outstanding preaching that captivated the audience at the Evangelism conference in Detroit 2 – 5 November 2011. Use these segments to encourage and excite your church to move forward with planning [...]
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Book Review: Becoming a Blessed Church by N. Graham Standish
A medium-sized mainline church in a suburb you won’t recognize has been personally impacted and passed on naturally an experience with God that has blessed both the church and the community. Now that’s a blessed church! No. it’s not a mega-church, and no, it’s not in a booming area, and no, it’s not famous, but [...]
Review: Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One by Alan J. Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren
Reviewed by Steve Manskar Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One by Alan J. Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren Baker Books, 2009 ISBN 978-0801072123 In their introduction to Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One, the authors quote Dr. Rowan Williams, the [...]
Book Review: When the Members Are the Missionaries
When the Members Are the Missionaries: An Extraordinary Calling for Ordinary People by A. Wayne Schwab, Member Mission Press, 2002. 203 pp. a book review by Evan Gel Of course we all know that Jesus is as concerned about what we do from Monday through Saturday as what happens on Sunday. He deeply cares about [...]
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Video and Resources from Transforming Congregations Engaging Communities
The UCC’s Evangelism page has posted a series of videos and other resources from the evangelism conference held in Detroit last November: View the outstanding preaching that captivated the audience at the Evangelism conference in Detroit 2 – 5 November 2011. Use these segments to encourage and excite your church to move forward with planning [...]
A Saint Patrick’s Day Lesson
What a perfect time to read or re-read George Hunter’s thought provoking and hopefully action-oriented book, “The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West Again”. Here are a few quotes to ponder as we think about St. Patrick, and the Irish, and the need we have as individual Christians and as churches [...]
Landon Whitsitt Ponders ‘The New Evangelism’
Originally posted at landonwhitsitt.com on January 30th, 2012 Last night I found a pretty cool doc as I was cruising Vimeo. It’s called Influencers: How Trends and Creativity Become Contagious. As I watched, my mind naturally went to the idea of “pastors as influencers,” mostly because, well, I self-identify as a pastor. But the more [...]
