All posts about ‘outreach’
Alban Weekly: 'Who Locked the Gates?'
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
From Alban Weekly: Over the years I have heard countless painful stories about how people new to a congregation couldn’t get through the “gates” of the church—those implicit codes and requirements that those of us “inside” the church unwittingly embody and construct as barriers toward them. These include unspoken dress codes, being made to feel [...]
Tags: community, congregations, evangelism, hospitality, outreach
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CT on how to evangelize without marketing
Monday, January 19th, 2009
From Christianity Today: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/january/10.20.html“>Marketing has problems if it makes the consumer pant for the dead opposite of what you are trying to sell. This is the issue we confront when weighing the merits of the church’s public outreach, its evangelistic task, in a Western culture saturated by marketing. By marketing, [...]
Tags: culture, evangelism, marketing, missions, outreach, proclamation
Posted in Interdisciplinary, Reading | No Responses »
Do recessions bring people to church?
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
From the New York Times: [S]ince September, pastors nationwide say they have seen such a burst of new interest that they find themselves contending with powerful conflicting emotions — deep empathy and quiet excitement — as they re-encounter an old piece of religious lore: Bad times are good for evangelical churches. continued… Read some blog [...]
Tags: economy, ministry, News, outreach
Posted in Current Events, Reading | No Responses »
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