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Replanting a Church: Advice from the Church Doctor, Part 2

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I’m blogging through an an article by Kent R. Hunter, with Church Doctor Ministries. The graph divides the respondents based on how long they have been at the church. Reading left to right, those who have been members more than … Continue reading →

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Replanting a Church: Evangelism, Part 2

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. So how do we get our members to evangelize? Well, … Continue reading →

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Replanting a Church: Evangelism, Part 1

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. Following a consideration of worship in the replanted church, Scott … Continue reading →

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Church Plants and Missions: Factors that Affect Success

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We need to talk some about church plants. You see, the denominations that are growing the fastest are the denominations planting churches. In fact, back when the Churches of Christ were growing rapidly, we were planting churches (sometimes on purpose; … Continue reading →

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Church Growth: Andy Rowell Summarizes the Studies, Part 1 (Witnessing, Strictness)

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Andy Rowell, a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) student at Duke Divinity School, maintains a blog called Church Leadership Conversations. (I just subscribed.) He recently summarized the conclusions of 7 separate studies on what drives church growth — (1) witnessing, (2) … Continue reading →

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Mark Driscoll on Jehovah’s Witnesses and Evangelism

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Jay F Guin
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Penn on Evangelism

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This video is not a joke. In fact, it’s a serious as the fires of hell. Penn, of the Penn & Teller magic act, is famous for being an atheist and for criticizing religion — and being quite outspoken on … Continue reading →

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I Sold My Soul on eBay: Introduction

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Preachers, elders, church leaders, and evangelists, If you’ve not bought and read this book, you should. As the title suggests, it’s intelligent, witty, and unconventional. And it’s a useful guide on how to be more attractive to the unchurched. The … Continue reading →

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Surprised by Hell: Evangelism

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Jay F Guin

I think the disproportionality of the traditional teaching of hell unconsciously hurts our evangelistic efforts. To teach Jesus, we feel the need to teach the need to be saved. From what? Well, from hell. But an everlasting hell of conscious … Continue reading →

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Surprised by Hope: Evangelism

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Jay F Guin

[The Surprised by Hope series will continue during my hiatus, because I have to get ready for class Sunday, no matter how I feel.] In his chapter on mission, Wright makes several insightful comments on evangelism — The power of … Continue reading →

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