EVANGELISM Whether in the context of missional, emergent, or established churches, evangelism is an important aspect of Christian ministry. I have made a few observations on evangelism in one of the interpretive essays, Missional Perspectives. These ministry resources focus on several dimensions of understanding and practicing evangelism. It is divided into two main sections described
DISCIPLESHIP, DISCIPLE-MAKING Part of two Ministry Resource Guides: Church Leadership and Renewal Strategies for Church Renewal: Diagnostic/Prescriptive Sections: Introduction Resources Related Areas Introduction Disciple-Making approaches are a “measure up” method of renewal that prescribe benchmarks to assess whether members are becoming more committed disciples. Like other diagnostic/prescriptive approaches, these tools help churches measure themselves against
MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES What is Missional? The missional movement is a robust conversation spawning scores of books and dominating the blogosphere among church leaders in the last couple of decades. For those engaged in the conversation, “missional” is a pregnant term. Yet since it views Christian leadership and Christian ministry so differently from conventional understandings,
DISCIPLESHIP The following ministry resources address various aspects of the life of Christian discipleship. DISCIPLESHIP – Strategies for Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal – These resources offer insights on how to lead congregations so that people are deeply transformed. Most of them propose systems that are designed to move believers from elementary exposure to
