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Four Ways to Involve Everyone in Evangelism
Image: Only a very few hear the gospel or show up at church without first being in relationship. Most people who come to Christ are invited by a person they know.God calls us to evangelize, including...
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RALEIGH, NC: Downtown Raleigh sees first church built in 50 years
Image: "We wanted to build a transcendent space," said the Rev. John Yates III, his breath hanging beneath the arching steel bones of the sanctuary. To his left, a construction worker rode an accordion...
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RIDGELAND, SC: Holy Trinity: 'We have not broken away'
Image: "Our contention is that we have kept the faith, we have stayed within the historic faith of the church and that our diocese, in the decision it has made to disaffiliate with the national church,...
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Effective evangelism by the whole people of God
Image: It was a real encouragement to hear the leader of the Anglican Communion give such an unequivocal call to evangelism based on a clear commitment to and personal experience of the Christ of the...
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Five Resurrection Realities that Reorient Our Evangelism
Image: 1 Because the resurrection is true, proclaiming the gospel bears fruit and gives birth to faith that leads to life.Because of the resurrection, dead people get raised to life with words. Such is...
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The Church Grows When...
Image: "In an era where a pro-traditional marriage stance can close your business, drain your savings, and bury you in social media hate, every one of these churches in this last group takes an...
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Evangelicals, Culture, and Post-Christian America
Image: For a number of reasons, I believe that there are actually a few countries not normally considered "evangelical powerhouses" from which Christian movements may be sparked that could affect the...
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Recognizing Anglican Church Plants
Image: The point of religious voluntarism was that people could respond to the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit to carry out Christian mission and service without being formally established by...
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A Cry for Revival: The Church and The World
Image: I have been in the church for some time. Long enough to see the era when the world was different from the church. I saw the days when the world looked at the church with respect and reverence. I...
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Iranian church sees rapid growth
Image: In recent years, a number of Afghan Muslims have been coming to faith in Christ in Iran and in the surrounding region through the ministry of Elam's Iranian churches. Most Afghans speak Persian...
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EGYPT: 'Church of the Garage' in Cairo is no longer a joke
Image: The building of St Paul's is in the heart of Ezbet al-Nakhl, a squatter district with over 500,000 people who emigrated from the poorer southern parts of Egypt to Cairo in hopes of a better...
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BAKERSFIELD, CA: New Trinity Anglican Church nears after years 'in the...
Image: It's just the latest milestone for the congregation, which split from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in a microcosm of the nationwide philosophical schism of the mid-2000s that saw congregations in...
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Wooing millennials with tradition, not pyrotechnics
Image: As the titles (and recent Pew reports) suggest, millennials are dissatisfied with the Church and defecting at increasing rates. Many of the articles on the topic take one of two tacks: (1)...
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Calling all Evangelists!
Image: There was an electricity in the air that was palpable and it was clear to all present that something special was happening. Simply put, this was no ordinary workshop. God was very present among...
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London church evangelism tool reaches 20,000 prisoners worldwide
Image: Last January, Christianity Explored Ministries (CEM) linked up with Prison Fellowship International (PFI) to develop the Prisoners Journey, a version of the course for use in prisons. Over the...
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The Goal is Church Health, and Balance Is the Key
Image: We tend to go to seed on one truth at a time. You attend one seminar and hear that the key to growth is small groups. At another, it's volunteer recruitment, or dynamic worship, or creative...
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'Mind the Gap,' growing disciples in Peru
Image: The small team of lay people including Paul Tester and Anna Sims, both working in Peru with CMS, and Peruvian lay workers Lizbeth Varillas and Sonia Chambi, have spent the past year working with...
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In Ukraine Towns Ravaged by War, Evangelical Missionaries Find Fertile Ground
Image: By the time he had wrapped up the Lord's Prayer, loud explosions were echoing through the town. "Deliver us from evil," he said, finishing with an "amen" just as a shell exploded in the...
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DURANT, IOWA: Former eye-care clinic lifts parishioners' eyes even higher
Image: At one time, the Rev. Spencer was vicar general, diocesan standing committee president and media officer of the Quincy Episcopal Diocese. He recently completed "Solarium Trilogy" stories about...
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Is God on the Move in Texas and Across America?
Image: Last month I was at AT&T stadium in Dallas, with a capacity crowd of over 100,000 people (and thousands listening outside who couldn't get in) to hear a call for personal renewal, and a new...
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