Tag: Evangelism
The blessings of life
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Benton Heisler tells the story of a Saturday, with grandson Weston, filled with many blessings. “The beauty of our day centered on enjoying the relationship we have with each other.”
Kindness is the new evangelism
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Simple acts of kindness can counter the cultural narrative of meanness and be a powerful way for the church to connect with others.
Faith is caught, not taught
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Each of us is a “source of blessing or a source of curse” says the director of World Methodist Evangelism.
Lay minister serves as golden oldies dj
![Lay Minister and Disk Jockey, Tom Kinkead](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Radio.jpg)
Alamo UMC, a 96-member congregation in Texas, blesses its neighbors and wins them for Christ with a 24/7 radio broadcast.
Close a church, open a ministry
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Grappling with decline, The Methodists in Britain looks to fresh expressions of being the church.
Fresh Expressions opens doors
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The movement began in Great Britain then jumped the pond to the U.S. Now Fresh Expressions is coming to Michigan.
The first ten minutes
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“Often the barrier to Christ isn’t spiritual—it’s us,” says pastor Carey Nieuwhof.
Believer in ‘three-ness’ … meet St. Patrick
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Saturday, March 17 is Saint Patrick’s Day. Learn more about the legendary Irish priest.
British Methodists open doors
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The “Fresh Expressions” movement is keeping British Methodism relevant in Wesley’s homeland.
They are modern-day circuit riders
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Their ministries look different from their sawdust-trail forebears but they have answered the call to full-time evangelism.