Evangelism

Disciple making is the foundation of church planting. If you want to lead your church to plant new churches, start by making disciples. While it’s…

My phone usually pings around 7 a.m. on Sunday morning. The most recent one read: “Praying for you this morning and thankful for you and your…

1. Reach students with depth. As we engaged the campus a generation or two ago, we often could start with a set of assumptions and…

In recent years, increased attention has been given to the city centers of our world. This is not only true in terms of population growth,…

1. Learn the city.Find the best sources for learning about your city. There are likely newspapers, magazines and websites that can help you learn about…

In Tuesday’s post, we discussed identifying the needs of your community. Recognizing opportunities to show mercy to people living in your city is a beginning…

Needs are all around us. Some are obvious and overwhelmingly urgent, such as a crisis situation. Others are subtle and require a bit of work…

A growing trend in evangelical circles is the emphasis on being socially conscious, which includes caring for the weak and vulnerable. This trend, however, is…

When an effective church planter engages a community, he has an internal and compelling urgency directed at the harvest. He is on a mission from…

Insignificance. Most of our nightmares revolve around this. We all want to know we are making an impact that will be felt long after we…

We’ve all been there. Or even if you haven’t, people in your church have. You start coming around a new church, you hear wonderful gospel-saturated…

Some years ago, the movie “Chariots of Fire” introduced the world to an Olympic champion and missionary named Eric Liddell. At one point in the…

Running has never been really fun for me unless it was an actual race. Although I still run today, I ran track in high school…

I have been running marathons for almost 15 years now. It’s amazing how the sport of distance running has taken off in the last decade….

Discipleship is messy because our lives are messy. One size certainly doesn’t fit all. How can you tell if you are making disciples? Below are…

What discipleship is Christian discipleship is what happens when people live daily with Jesus. Jesus drew incredible, mammoth church-sized crowds during His earthly ministry. But many…