Good Question

A good friend of mine left the following comment on my post “Positive Example: Steve Sjogren and Cincinnati Vineyard”:
Okay, so what’s the difference between what this church is doing in going out to the community in service and using that service to draw people to their church gatherings where the people hear the gospel preached, [...]

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A Great Comment That Deserves Its Own Post

Ben Maulis left a great quote on my post “Why The Church Can’t Win the Coffee Wars” from March 12th. It explains why outreach just for outreach’s sake comes short of being evangelism. I thought his comments deserved to be out front, not buried in the comment section of an old post that [...]

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Nothing Up His Sleeve: Another Positive Example

I love to read the posts on EV Tales. But, on the other hand, I always cringe, because he reminds me of what we ALL should be doing as Christians, something that I’m not doing enough of. Steve Sanchez gets out there and evangelizes! No tricks up his sleeve. He doesn’t [...]

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Positive Example: Steve Sjogren and Cincinnati Vineyard

Again, this is a church that I don’t know a whole lot about, since I’m not a part of the Vineyard Denomination.  From what I know of them they have a mix of charismatic theology and conservative doctrine and I always enjoyed visiting the Cincinnati Vineyard when I had a chance on Saturday nights.
Here’s why [...]

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Positive Example: Wayne Smith and Southland Church

Here’s another positive example in my series on positive examples of churches that have grown while remaining faithful: Wayne Smith and Southland Christian Church in Lexington, KY.  Wayne was the preacher at Southland for decades and was the minister who led the church to it’s phenomenal growth.  I don’t know much about Southland or the [...]

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Positive Example: Bob Russell and Southeast Church

I want to put up some examples of churches that are really growing and yet are staying faithful to the Word.  I can think of no better example than Bob Russell and Southeast Church.  Now, let me say, I don’t know much about the man or the church, these are just my impressions from my [...]

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Sermon: “When God Builds a Church: Stewardship”

I’ve been slack about posting these, sorry about that. This is the last sermon in the series, I need to check to see if I have them all up. By the way, let me reiterate, these are NOT Bob Russell sermons. They are based on the 10 chapter headings on his book [...]

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I love irony.

One quick thing.  From talking to friends I realize that I tend to bring up a lot of absurd things that churches do to substitute marketing for evangelism.  And yes, they tend to come from bigger churches (but not always).  But, to be fair, it’s like the news: you don’t hear about the good things, [...]

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My Clarification

Ah, you’ve got to love blogging.  You bare your heart, put your thoughts and feelings out there for all the world to read and sit back and wait for the responses.  Most of the time they are good responses, sometimes they are challenging, sometimes they are just venomous.  Well, got one of those responses yesterday.  [...]

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My Dilemma As a Minister

Honestly, and speaking from the heart here. Here is what I see as the dilemma of the modern minister.
I have two choices.
I look at the church and see that numbers are down. No matter that Jesus said that few would enter into eternal life and that the world would hate us for our [...]

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