The vision of the Free Methodist Church is to see a healthy church within the reach of every Canadian and beyond. Here are some of the ways that we are currently working to make that happen.
“Among the best ways for us to reach people with the gospel is personal evangelism and church planting. Even with all the changes in culture this remains our best option for reaching unbelievers.” – Ed Stetzer Stetzer’s More Church Planting – Not Less – Is Needed lists five things we […]
As part of my job as Director of Church Health, I have the privilege of visiting and preaching at a number of churches. And I really enjoy it. I have made a few observations I want to share with you about my church visits. Some of these may apply to
“What’s the distinction between evangelism and an elevator pitch? If you look at how we actually do evangelism, can you see a real difference in practice?” Jackson Wu explores the difference in Evangelism or “Elevator Pitch”?
A video for this week`s Church Health Thursday! Coolio! Marc McAlister Director of Church Health
I’m in the process of working my way through a Chronological Bible for my devotions. Just in case you aren’t sure, a Chronological Bible does its best to present the events of Scripture in the order they occurred – at least in the opinion of the editors and/or scholars responsible
“An author friend of mine claims our modern church methodology can reach only 30 percent of people in the West. Further, he says we have already reached those 30 percent and that we need to explore other ways to reach the 70 percent who would not attend a church gathering.
“When the content of our songs and prayers are saturated with me-centered themes and thoughts, we are buying into the lie that worship is about us. To be sure, our faces are in the frame, but they are a spec of sand on the beach of a vast ocean of
Much of my work involves churches in transition so I thought I would provide a how-to-be-ready-for-transition check-list. It’s a handy list for churches currently in transition and those that are not. Every church will eventually be a church in transition. Every pastor is an interim pastor. Sure some churches go
I’ve recently been getting a lot of emails and seeing a lot of articles about how “Invite a Friend” Sunday can help your church grow. Let me be honest, my initial response is to scoff, call it a lame idea that will never work and rant about it being out-dated
It’s popular today to say that we want to reach the “nones” and the “dones.” In, 3 Tips for Reaching the Dechurched, Ed Stetzer suggests how we can thoughtfully reach the “nones” and “dones.”
