Beyond Outreach: Churches are Unique

Beyond Outreach: Churches are Unique: "When I began serving as a Minister to Single Adults, our church was deeply involved in a grief and divorce recovery ministry..."

McDonalds

A friend of mine brought up McDonald’s on Facebook. I worked there 20 years ago when I was in high school. Wow, has it been that long?

Preaching

Tomorrow, June 26th, I will be preaching the morning service at Igreja Batista da Vitória and the Caiçaras mission in the afternoon. Will see if I can record a copy for the site. Will be in Portuguese.

From Your presence, Lord, where can I hide?

We often treat God as the Lord of the predicament and Master of the pinch. He is there to bail us out. He is the God of our binds and squeezes, but rarely the God of our lives. –Mark Buchanan

Google Reader

I am trying to teach myself how to use google reader and set up shared pages. I discovered this functionality from Tony Kummer who has a great site. http://ministry-to-children.com The technique I am trying to copy can be found here: SBC Louisiana

Beyond Outreach: Pastors, Look Here!

Beyond Outreach: Pastors, Look Here!: "Okay, now that I’ve got your attention, I want to point you to a wonderful resource. Joe McKeever is the retired Director of Missions of th..."

Beyond Outreach: When Values Collide

Blogged: “When Values Collide” on Beyond Outreach - The values a church claims to hold are not always the values a church demonstrates by its actions…

Beyond Outreach: I was right about 50 to 1

Beyond Outreach: I was right about 50 to 1: "In my previous post I said “Years of church baptism reports seem to indicate that in a year’s time, typical church outreach wins about one p..."

Sunday was Pastor’s Day (In Brazil)

I serve God by spreading the good news about his Son.

Jesus, a descendant of David according to his human nature, was declared to be the Lord and Son of God by his spiritual, holy nature. His resurrection from the dead is proof. Through Jesus, we have received grace and been made apostles, sent to call people to the obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake.

I have an obligation to those who are civilized and those who aren't, to those who are wise and those who aren't. So I am eager to announce the good news to everyone. I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.  For in the gospel of Jesus, and only there, the righteousness of God is revealed.

Please pray for me to be a faithful apostle, truly separated unto the gospel of God.

Blog Updates

Blog Updates: Beyond Outreach: A Guide to Getting Beyond Typical Church Outreach, and Bible Storying Journal: Planning a Short-Term Mission Trip

Nine Year Wedding Anniversary

Today and tomorrow, Loaise and I celebrate 9 years of marriage. (In Brazil you have to go to the clerk of court first, then the ceremony the next day). What a wonderful woman God has given me, and a wonderful family.

Beyond Outreach: Top Evangelistic Churches–Things to Copy

Beyond Outreach: Top Evangelistic Churches–Things to Copy: "Just 3% of the churches in the Georgia Baptist Convention accounted for more than 26% of  all the baptisms in the state association in 2008...."

Mister Young’s English Class

I’ve been quiet on the blogs this week. Most of that is due to getting things ready to teach some English classes here in Brazil. Last time I had an English school I was able to meet over 100 families and give every one of them a Bible. Here is a link to my site. http://smy2english.blogspot.com

Beyond Outreach: Outreach and the Internet

Blogged @ Beyond Outreach: Outreach and the Internet http://beyondoutreach.blogspot.com Target unbelievers not prospective church members.

Good Gumbo

Here are my 6 keys to great gumbo. 1)make your own roux. 2)Don’t skimp on the veggies. 3)Use the whole chicken. 4)Good sausage = good gumbo. 5)Eat with people you love. 6)Give thanks and glory to God.