Church & Ministry

http://chucklestravels.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/finally-the-ibfna-makes… posts a copy of the new speaking schedule as well as

 posts a copy of the old speaking schedule http://chucklestravels.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ibfna-final-schedule…

I like to do street evangelism & street preaching. However this is not a popular or practiced method in my church. Having done street evangelism since 2008 I can say that its not exactly the most effective method. I do not think results are up to me, as they are up to God. But then again living in the Bible Belt where there is a church on every corner, I wonder if its possible that many of my gospel tracts, gospel of John’s, books, and such that I have given out to so many have been wasted and such resources may be better off in another context.

Someone started this group on Facebook in light of this second allegation - basically, they’re calling on the FBFI to pass a special resolution against abuse. If anyone is interested in joining, the link is:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/I-Support-the-FBFI-Special-Res…

I think you need to have signed into FB for the link to work properly.

I’ve just recently read a 2 part posting of why a man had left a particular denomination in search of a “church” that was more suitable to his liking. He gave a brief description, in part one,

of his attendance to various schools in the persuit of a pastorial position, but decided not to enter that arena of “employment”. In part two of his posting he describes in short detail many different “plegues” of today’s “chruch”. The end result of his “search” has been that he “landed” at a doctrine/denomination that even there he is not sure of.

EACH (Everyone a Chance To Hear) is a program started in Metro Detroit. Churches and para-church organizations engage in community service programs (helping the poor, re-building after fires, etc.), and they also promote the gospel during these programs.

The gospel presented is similar to the 4 Spiritual Laws tracts from the old Billy Graham days, but with a somewhat heightened call to commitment to Christ alongside the faith.

Is it just me or are the CEs producing more top of the line, expository teachers? I’m in a IFB church yet I usually find the Lutzers, Swindolls, Stanleys, Jeremiahs more engaging, more stimulating. Here locally, the largest churches are CE with exceptionally good teaching.

Now with itinerant evangelists I see perhaps the opposite. We fundys have a goodly number of on fire, energetic, godly speakers both young and established. After hearing them you know you have been to church.

A few months back I read a book called http://www.crossway.org/books/church-planting-is-for-wimps-tpb/ “Church Planting is for Wimps” . It was about a young man who took over a dying church and all the struggles that they faced in order to turn it around. The reason for the name of the book is because he found out that starting a church from nothing would have been a lot easier. I can relate to him on that one!

Can any one refer me to a flourishing community outreach using a neutral site (not church) and offering Bible studies or messages on hot topics of the hour like Bible Faith v. Science; The Shack; Love Wins (2 controversal books) or similar. Who has had experience with this sort of outreach? Some folks will come to a neutral meeting hall that won’t come in a church.

We recall how in the days of Moody or Sunday preachers would debate atheists, etc. Got good publicity too. Will this not work today?