Over four years ago I travelled to meet with 70 ministers’ associations around the nation. I explained the Hope Project vision – but qualified the presentation by clarifying that this project was still like a...
Kevin and his insights have already been influencing New Zealand churches effectively increasing intentional and real evangelistic momentum. The sub title is ‘Infusing Evangelistic Passion in Your Local Congregation’, and for those who read...
While the Hope Project has communicated the Christian message broadly… it is still just a program. A program is like a topping on a pizza. The question is, what is the base of the pizza...
God made humans social creatures - and this means we all enjoy a good conversation. When spiritual topics come up in conversation, it is not difficult to ask a person if they’d be interested to...
Small things count! Most people don’t come to faith as the result of a one-off meeting. People journey toward faith over time. There might be a dozen interactions with Christian along that journey. So small...
We must not forget that the gospel is the power of God for the salvation for all who would believe (Romans 1). God anoints the message of salvation through Jesus in a special way. When...
Opportunities do not come twice! For sure, sometimes another opportunity comes - but that is another opportunity! In actual fact, every opportunity comes once! And in a day and age when most people will...
For years church leaders have been lamenting about how difficult it is to get members to disciple (or mentor) others. Even when their own spiritual lives are healthy, many members wouldn't know what to say...
Would you like to start next year on a stronger foundation than you've ever had before - so you can achieve more in outreach? The new year is in swing, and I want to bring...
A young schoolboy who recently caught a ride with a friend of mine looked out the window and asked her, “What are all those buildings with the letter ‘t’ on top?” Times have changed! it...
Jesus had three key conversational techniques. (1) He asked questions, (2) he made provocative statements that drew people in (possibly the most difficult), and (3) he told stories from the natural world that aided understanding,...
Some people wrongly assume that, if we truly love people, we will find a way to share the gospel. I haven’t found this to be true. I’ve met many sincere Christians who would love to...
While many identify fear of rejection as a key hindrance to outreaching action, it is unavoidable that love conquers fear. No matter how much time we give to showing them how to outreach - if...
People are looking for something to believe in and give their lives to – and Jesus gives us just that. He calls us to the greatest mission on earth – and it is the responsibility...
I've had the book for about 3 years - and didn't read it because a skim-read led me to believe it was 'just another good book about church small groups - but one that, yet...
A friend recently recounted the typical journey of all organisations - including our churches and para-church organisation. It is an interesting reflection: Mission - movement - model (mechanism) - monument. (And, does the Shining Lights...
Sometimes it is the small things that count. Two 'punches' have more combined power than one. Imagine if your members, whenever they engaged in a spiritual conversation with a stranger, had something simple to give...
Today we live in a truly multi-media world, and this affects the way we disciple our members. Advertisers use multiple media to increase the 'volume' of their messages - and we are wise to do...
Vision is powerful. People are looking for something to believe in and give their lives to – and Jesus gives us just that. He calls us to the greatest mission on earth – and it...
Have you seen young people walk away from the faith of their heritage? Do you know newer Christians who are struggling to work out why we might believe Christianity to be true? I mean, what...