For those that have been reading the 3 word for a while you will know that on the issue of evangelisim I am very passionate on the church being more missional than attractional ,or in other words the church having more emphasis on the Go and Do command rather than Come and See appeal.
Its easier to adopt […]
Here’s a simple issue to start with but its absolutely fundamental to get right and it will influence how we spend so much of our time and energy. Rick Meigs has a great little summary about being missional and in it he says the following:
“Jesus told us to go into all the world and be […]
Bill Hybles, who pastors one of America’s largest churches, Willow Creek, was asked whether he thought it was more important for Christians to provide the hungry with salvation or a sandwich.I liked his response
“One of the great joys of my life has been to pastor a church that is unusually intentional about reaching people far […]
Be a Conducter not an Insulator
On January 21, 1930, the name of Harold Vidian became synonymous with heroism. On that day, England’s King George V was scheduled to give the opening address at the London Arms Conference.
The king’s message was to be sent by radio all around the world.A few minutes before the king […]
Following on from the last post on How to raise the climate of evangelisim
I want to address some things in regard to the issue of “Avaliability”
I believe this is a real key in rasing the climate
The life cycle of most followers of Christ is such so that the more years you follow Christ
The less amount […]
Evangelism is very much a matter of attitude in an individual and atmosphere in a congregation
Attitude + Aptitude=Altitude
People who would increase their evangelistic in their churches, begin by raising their temperature in their church and in their individuals
It begins with leaders; leaders must own and model the value that lost people matter to God
Your church […]
Pastor Paul Scanlon from abundant Life Church says Growth must be the culture not the structure
Culture is defined as ‘the attitudes and values which shape society’. In other words, the culture is how we think, behave and function. Once a thing becomes the culture it ceases to be an emphasis, a teaching or an important […]
The “I don’t have the gift of evangelism” Card
The command is clear — “Go into all the world and make disciples” (Matthew 28:19). “You shall be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8). It is not a suggestion, nor is it reserved for those with the gift of evangelism. .”
Yes, some people have the gift of evangelism […]
Hi everyone this is following on from last week to get you in the loop read Get out of Jail Part 1
The “Confrontational evangelism doesn’t work” Card
I don’t know who coined the phrase “confrontational evangelism” but I have a problem with that word for two reasons. First of all it strongly implies that verbally sharing the […]
This weeks Three word contains an article written by Greg Stier
Greg is the director of dare2share ministrys, a great website that has a lot of helpful information to help you take the plunge and break the sound barrier
One of my favorite board games is monopoly
The two main reasons are that
I’m very competitive.
I’m very bad at computer […]
