You have the power to inspire
Last month I shared a few thoughts concerning what you can do to feed the flame of evangelism. I encouraged you to 1. Look for places where a missional fire is already burning. 2. Consider...
20 August, 2015
Ministry Tag
5. Taste and see that the Lord is good!
“An overview of the message of the Bible” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the first of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship...
03 August, 2015
4. God’s plan is put into action through Jesus
“An overview of the message of the Bible” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the first of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship...
03 August, 2015
3. God has a good plan
“An overview of the message of the Bible” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the first of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship...
03 August, 2015
2. God has revealed Himself through history
“An overview of the message of the Bible” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the first of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship...
03 August, 2015
1. There is a God
“An overview of the message of the Bible” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the first of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship...
29 July, 2015
NEW RESOURCE-The Elephant in the Room by Dave Mann
I was excited when I first picked up the newly printed copies of ‘The Elephant in the Room’. So many churches are struggling with evangelism, and the question is, 'Why?' 'What is going on?' This...
27 July, 2015
BOOK REVIEW: Are you sick of churches hurting people?
Are you sick of churches hurting people? Have you been hurt within a church? ‘Water under the bridge’ is the title of a new book by Don Barry, Pastor of Gateway Church in Hamilton. It is...
27 July, 2015
Missional Motivation
Maintaining missional motivation in a church requires regular feeding of its missional fires. If fuel is not added to missional intent the fire will die down and instead of having a church roaring with evangelistic...
21 July, 2015
The courageous decision
If we are honest, outreach is not really the focus of many of our Western churches. A study in the UK in the early 2000's revealed that of 1017 churches, only 36 of them had...
21 July, 2015
Surprised by Ranui
I just met with Russell - the pastor of Ranui Baptist. This church is rare in that people are choosing to embrace Christian faith there regularly, and the only 'strategy' apparent is that the members and...
25 June, 2015
5. Our part in God’s story
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29 May, 2015
4. Restoration – an explanation of how things end
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29 May, 2015
3. Redemption – an explanation of God’s plan
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29 May, 2015
2. The fall – an explanation of sin and suffering
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29 May, 2015
1. Creation – an explanation of beginnings
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19 May, 2015
What are we to make of the claim that we are a secular nation?
This past week I became aware of a friends school that ended religious education classes, and invited local churches to run a lunch-time program instead. I’m not aware of the reasons, however (while this particular...
23 February, 2015
Why avoiding repetition in your pulpit works against you
Educational experts — like teachers — have known for years the importance of repetition in education. The spiral curriculum is a concept of repetition. Every week, month and year teachers intentionally repeat and expand upon...
02 February, 2015
A conversation the NZ Church doesn’t seem to be ready for
Is the mission of Jesus truly the mission of our churches? In recent years our nation has been rediscovering how our early missionaries actually got a lot more things right than they were previously credited for,...
12 January, 2015
Phase I – what was it all about? (summarised)
THE ‘HOPE PROJECT’ — NEW ZEALAND The below are a few paragraphs written for for a Christian audience, to help someone explain the Hope Project effort so far. What they do not communicate in the ‘balanced’...
25 November, 2014