Tag: evangelism
Faith and Facemasks in China: Covid-19 as an Opportunity to Preach
Police in Wuhan, China, the former epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 16,000 (as of 12:00 EST, 23 March) and made hundreds of thousands ill, used to put down Christian...
The Top Reasons Young People Drop Out of Church
Slightly fewer young adults are dropping out of church after high school, but those who do have more serious reasons for leaving than a decade ago. In a 2017 LifeWay Research surveyreleased today, 66 percent of...
Evangelism – Part 4: Evangelism Is Not Justice, Ecumenism, or Love
Welcome to a four-part series about what evangelism is and isn’t. In the first three pieces, I’ll look at why justice, ecumenism, and love are all components of evangelism. In the fourth piece, I’ll look...
Evangelism – Part 3: Love Is Evangelism
Welcome to a four-part series about what evangelism is and isn’t. In the first three pieces, I’ll look at why justice, ecumenism, and love are all components of evangelism. In the fourth piece, I’ll look...
Evangelism – Part 2: Ecumenism Is Evangelism
Welcome to a four-part series about what evangelism is and isn’t. In the first three pieces, I’ll look at why justice, ecumenism, and love are all components of evangelism. In the fourth piece, I’ll look...
Evangelism – Part 1: Justice Is Evangelism
Welcome to a four-part series about what evangelism is and isn’t. In the first three pieces, I’ll look at why justice, ecumenism, and love are all components of evangelism. In the fourth piece, I’ll look...
Soul Vultures? An earthquake in Nepal is not an ‘opportunity to swoop in’
If the gospel is true, if we are to view history with eternal rather than temporal eyes, it must also be true that the saving grace of Jesus Christ is the most desperate need of...
Numbers matter
Whenever we pray for our church to grow, we always pause for a second before adding a little disclaimer at the end so no one takes us the wrong way. God, please bring new faces...
A Public Faith
This morning, Park Community Church in Chicago held a public baptism of 103 of its members in the waters of Lake Michigan. The event drew perhaps 500 spectators, mostly church congregants, at 7:00 a.m. to...