Let me introduce you to two true but seemingly contradictory statements: • Church now, on the other side of Covid, is far more like Pre-Covid church than you expect. • Church now, on the other side of Covid, is far more different from Pre-Covid than you expect. That’s something of a head-scratcher, right? It’s a complicated and critical time for … Read More
Donald McGavran on the Ground to Be Gained
“Let us analyze causes for growth and non-growth. Let us remember that the task is indeed great and complex and ours is only one part of the whole. Let us ask God to forgive our sins – and push resolutely forward as if we had not sinned. There is much ground to be gained and there are many adversaries to … Read More
Donald McGavran on Christian Mission
“Christian mission is bringing people to repent of their sins, accept Jesus Christ as Savior, belong to His Body the Church, do as He commands, go out and spread the Good News, and multiply churches.” – Donald McGavran, father of the Church Growth Movement, missionary to India and China, one of the premier missiologists of the twentieth century December 15, 1897 … Read More
Donald McGavran on the Key to Church Expansion
“Church growth follows where the lost are not merely found but restored to normal life in the fold — though it may be a life they have never consciously known. Faithfulness in ‘folding and feeding’ – which unfortunately has come to be called by such a dry, superficial term as ‘follow-up’ – is essential to lasting church expansion.” – Donald … Read More
My secrets to reading more – online this Thursday
Full confession: I wasn’t always the voracious reader that I am today, averaging 5-7 books a week. I certainly didn’t grow up with a love for reading. In fact, I never even completed a book from start to finish prior to age 17! I do like to say that “God gave me a passion to read” and while that’s true, … Read More
Give All You Can – John Wesley Fav Quote
Today is John Wesley’s 320th birthday* so in honor of Mr. Wesley, here is my final favorite quote of the day. “Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can”- John Wesley (1703-1791) What’s your favorite John Wesley quote? Comment below. *https://www.ctcumc.org/newsdetail/669484
Do All the Good You Can – John Wesley Fav Quotes
Today is John Wesley’s 320th birthday* so in honor of Mr. Wesley, here are a few of my favorite quotes “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever … Read More
God Can Use You – John Wesley Fav Quotes
Today is John Wesley’s 320th birthday* so in honor of Mr. Wesley, here are a few of my favorite quotes “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven … Read More
Reading as Foundational to Growth – John Wesley Fav Quotes
Today is John Wesley’s 320th birthday* so in honor of Mr. Wesley, here are a few of my favorite quotes “It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading. A reading people will always be a knowing people.”– John Wesley (1703-1791) The celebration continues with more quotes coming.
Growth is a Process – John Wesley Fav Quotes
Today is John Wesley’s 320th birthday* so in honor of Mr. Wesley, here are a few of my favorite quotes “Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.”– John Wesley (1703-1791) The celebration continues with more quotes coming. *The Wesley household calendar in 1703 when John arrived in the world would have shown … Read More