children, Evangelists, guests, joel southerland, Sunday School, vacation bible school
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One of the most exciting and anxious things we do in ministry is to lead a child to faith in Jesus Christ. Exciting, because how wonderful is it that a child now has their entire lives to live for Jesus? How awesome is it that a soul born in sin has now been born again […]
Church, Church Growth, Comeback Churches, Event Evangelism, guests, Outreach, Preparation, Training
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She came into my office that afternoon and shared with me about her visit to my church. I had only been there about 2 weeks (1 Sunday) but it did not matter. It was my responsibility now. She was from the local small town paper and wanted to do a short interview of the new […]
Church Growth, E-Strategy, Equipping, guests, Outreach, Pastor, personal evangelism, Preaching, Preparation, Sermon, Student Evangelism, Sunday School, testimony, Training
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Just A Story? Every time this year rolls around I hear Pastors running about trying to find the best way to tackle the Christmas Story. They know they need to “come up with” three or four sermons on the Christmas story. So we all begin… Which individual perspective should I tell the story from? What […]
Church Growth, COGBE, Comeback Churches, E-Strategy, guests, Invitation, joel southerland, Outreach, Pastor, Sermon, Summer Slump
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by Joel Southerland Summer is here and this year it has arrived with a vengance. In the past 7 days I have started my car and seen the dash temperature gauge read 106 and 103….and it’s not a dry heat! Ask the average person in the pew to describe summer and you’ll hear words […]
Church, Church Growth, Event Evangelism, guests, marc merritt, Pastor, Planning
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By Dr. Marcus Merritt Independence Day is often recognized in the local church, but how can a patriotic service turn into an evangelistic service? One way is by inviting, and then sharing the gospel, with the men and women who have served in the American armed forces. Current and former soldiers represent the kind of […]