“God has done a magnificent work in your life so he can use you as an example to help others believe. Don’t undermine his purposes by keeping your story to yourself.” – Nelson Searcy The above quote is from p. 57 of The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact. Click here to learn more about the new … Read More
Top 50 Worst Countries for Christians
Today’s guest blog comes to us from Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra for Christianity Today. 2014 was the world’s worst year for the persecution of Christians in the modern era. Until 2015 surpassed it. The 2016 World Watch List (WWL) from Open Doors analyzes how African countries now outnumber Mideast countries on the list, affecting far more Christians numerically (though not as severely). Christian … Read More
McGavran Monday – Paul’s Fields
In honor of Dr. Gary McIntosh’s new biography of Donald McGavran, here’s today’s Monday moment: “To be accurate we must say that he (Paul) did not choose fields. He followed up groups of people who had living relations in the People Movement to Christ” – Donald McGavran Secure your copy of the book at 40% OFF plus insightful bonuses here. … Read More
What’s Your Conversion Story?
For those of you who didn’t mark your calendars, yesterday was the anniversary of an interesting date in Christian history: when Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prince of preachers, was converted. On that day in 1850, at the age of 15, Spurgeon heard the voice of God calling him in the words of Isaiah 45:22 through the sermon of a Primitive Methodist … Read More
Brand New Resource – How People Come to Faith in Christ
What if you could hear from those who recently received Christ and connected with a church — and ask them what influenced those decisions? What if you knew what MOST attracted people to your church and what evangelism methods you should focus on to have the biggest impact? And what if you could also focus your staff and your congregation on the things THEY can … Read More
What is your greatest evangelism challenge in 2016?
As pastors, our primary New Year’s resolution never wavers: Reach more people for Christ and see them grow in a relationship with him. However, there’s always one challenge after another to make it happen. As you prepare for 2016, take a moment and consider what is your greatest evangelism challenge… . . .Having the tools to conduct an impactful evangelism campaign? … Read More
In God’s Hands – A Saturday Quote
“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.” -Martin Luther
McGavran Monday – Organic Connections
In honor of Dr. Gary McIntosh’s new biography of Donald McGavran, here’s today’s Monday moment: “ … lack of conversions is exactly what happens all over the world as the Christian faith is proclaimed to non-Christians not in organic connection with believers.” – Donald McGavran Secure your copy of the book at 40% OFF plus insightful bonuses here. (the … Read More
McGavran Monday – Liberating Multitudes
In honor of Dr. Gary McIntosh’s new biography of Donald McGavran, here’s today’s Monday moment: “Evangelization which takes no account of this complex social structure and simply invites all ‘Americans’ to become Christians in existing congregations and denominations is chained to slow growth. Only an evangelization which sees the mosaic and encourages the myriad individuals who make it up to … Read More
Fighting a Sinner’s Path – A Saturday Quote
“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.” – Charles Spurgeon