Ed Stetzer writes and speaks on theology, missiology, church planting, church revitalization, and church innovation.
We are likely all familiar with Jonah, who was a prophet of the Lord. Jonah lived during a time of relative prosperity for the nation of Israel; however, there was, of course, some trouble brought on by a certain city: Nineveh. …
[Read more...] about Do You Really Care about Evangelism? If So, You Need To Do More Than Pray
According to a study done by LifeWay Research, nine out of every ten households own a Bible. That’s a pretty considerable subsection of the American public. After reading this, I went home to see how many my family owns …
[Read more...] about Dumbed Down? Why Reading the Bible Is so Elusive—Yet so Vitally Important
Evangelism has the ability to make some of us very uncomfortable. We worry about offending people. We agonize over saying something wrong, unorthodox, or unhelpful that might end up leading someone further from Christ in lieu of …
[Read more...] about Is Your Church Really Focused on Evangelism? Maybe Not.
Too often, people view the connection between discipleship and evangelism in one of two ways: either they inseparably lump them into one category, or one gets relegated to the wastelands of our faith life. If we are honest, …
[Read more...] about Moving Our Congregations to More Effective Evangelism
We are discussing how to keep personal preferences from becoming central to our congregations. In the last post I talked about the first two: Compelling our people with Scripture and compelling our people with the vision. Today I …
[Read more...] about Four Ways to Put Preferences in Their Proper Place, Part 2
Everyone has their own personal preferences. I am an 80’s guy. In fact, I like 80’s music so much so that a worship leader at a church I planted in Tennessee called me “80’s Ed.” But some people prefer music from the 90’s, or …
[Read more...] about Four Ways to Put Preferences in Their Proper Place, Part 1
As Christians, I believe we should always be more driven by our missionary identity than we are by our national identity, our political identity, our environmental identity, our social identity, or even our church …
