Todd Korpi offers five ways we often get evangelism wrong (either in our assumptions about it or in how we actually do it). He also includes five ways he believes we can correct our perspective on this misunderstood, yet crucially important, practice.
Opening the Digital Front Door
Though it’s essential that we keep the weekend-service door open, the primary front door of the church has changed again. It’s no longer the weekend service but an online experience. Whether it’s a visit to a website or an online campus, the front door is digital.
6 Ways to Stay Connected to Churchgoers Traveling for the Holidays
Many churchgoers travel during Thanksgiving and Christmas, but you can continue to encourage them from afar during the holidays.
Moving Forward with Little Steps
In a struggling church that has faced years of attendance decline, few children and deferred maintenance issues, the leadership tends to look for a person, program or partnership that can reverse the decline in an instant. The Hail Mary hire or programmatic change is a desperate attempt to reverse decline. Instead of a church looking for a silver bullet, they can develop and follow microsteps to achieve their turnaround dreams. Mircosteps are a series of small steps taken to move the church forward over time, seen through deliberate actions to pause, plan and promote.
A World Without Babies
The most private choice we make has potent public consequences.
How to Prepare a Sermon: From Complexity to Clarity
How do you write (and preach) clear and focused sermons?
Alabama megachurch with nearly 5,000 members leaves UMC
An Alabama megachurch that has nearly 5,000 members has left the United Methodist Church due to the mainline Protestant denomination’s ongoing debate over homosexuality. Christ Methodist Church in Mobile, which reportedly has 4,936 members, was one of eight churches granted disaffiliation from the UMC by the Alabama-West Florida Conference at a special session held on Sunday.
Welby’s Tenure on Shaky Ground Over Same-Sex Blessings
A proposal by the Church of England’s bishops has touched off a major clash over whether to allow services of same-sex blessings without the General Synod’s full authorization. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s credibility as a leader is on the line, as he has floated the idea of early retirement in the face of criticism from all sides of the debate.
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