4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had [...]
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Evangelism is like Fishing
Posted in evangelism, outreach, street ministry on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Extreme Experiences of Edification
Posted in activities, church, community, discipleship, innovations, leadership, ministry, pastors, small groups, stewardship, street ministry, works on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Key question: Have you built a ministry that builds up people to be better servants of the Lord? Take your time. Think about all of the people who serve under you. Let things play back in your mind. We need people experiencing edification. We need people being built up within our midst. We need to [...]
Start Right Where You Are
Posted in evangelism, foreign missions, Love Your Neighbor, Operation Reach Out, outreach, street ministry, The Great Commission, tagged calling, community, evangelism, fishers of men, outreach, preach, service, work on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“We have to take initiative where we are, not where we have not yet been.” – Oswald Chambers Imagine helping everyone else except for those whom you love. You offer strangers and others more than your own children and loved ones, even your closest friends. That would sound sort of strange, right? That would make [...]
Voices of Victory
Posted in evangelism, foreign missions, gospel, Love Your Neighbor, mission, Operation Reach Out, street ministry, The Great Commission, tagged ambassadors, calling, church, community, evangelism, fishers of men, ministry, outreach, preach, redemption, restoration, salvation, theology, victory, voices, work on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In 1967, our vision was to reach Los Angeles. This vision broadened to include California, then all of America, then the entire world. – from The History of Victory Outreach International As Christians, we are to be in a position of ambassadors of Christ to others. We can be a bridge between people and the [...]
Help without Harm
Posted in discipleship, leadership, ministry, street ministry on August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No harm. No foul. We learned it in sports. It was said to us a eager and energetic basketball campers, learning the fundamentals of b-ball from one of John Wooden’s UCLA players who became a coach at our local junior college. He said it nonchalantly. Yet, his words stuck. No harm. No foul. I hard [...]
>Essentials for Evangelists
Posted in church, evangelism, methods, ministry, multimedia, outreach, pastors, small groups, street ministry, twitter, urban on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.”- Bible Dictionary There are some essentials for every evangelist. Each person who seeks to carry the Good News throughout this world, whether on a street corner or in [...]
Leading the Lost
Posted in assurance, blessings, Christianity, encouragement, follow, freedom, Jesus, lost, Operation Reach Out, outreach, street ministry, The Great Commission, wisdom, witnesses, tagged blessing, calling, Christ, church, discipleship, faith, help, Jesus, ministry, outreach on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.- John 10:11 (NCV) Lost people need help finding their way. They end in the wrong places because they don’t know how to find their own way. They need someone who can help them find their way step by step and day [...]
Internal Resource Inventory
Posted in business, church, leadership, management, ministry, nonprofit, pastors, stewardship, street ministry, tagged calling, church, discipleship, ministry, relationship, service, support, work on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, 24 for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? Pro. 27:23-24 (ESV) Tom Peters named it “Management By Walking Around.” It sounds silly. It seems like it is something that everyone should do. Unfortunately, [...]
Evangelism by the Book
Posted in Bible, Christian, church, evangelism, foreign missions, instruction, lost, methods, outreach, resources, salvation, small groups, street ministry, The Great Commission, tagged Bible, fishers of men, gospel, outreach, salvation on October 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“There’s no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.” – D.L. Moody Let the Bible be your guidebook when it comes to evangelism. We don’t need gaudy gimmicks or slick slogans. We need the Bible, the inerrant Word of God, as our guide. We need to evangelize by the Book. [...]
