James Lim is the pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Long Beach, CA. A long-established OPC church (founded in 1941), James has served for 10 years in Long Beach–one of the most racially, ethnically, and economically diverse communities in CA. He also formerly served as an Associate Pastor for 5 years at Lake Sherwood […]
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Building A Culture of Evangelism in Grand Rapids, Michigan
We interviewed Pastors Dale Van Dyke and Adrian Crum of Harvest OPC outside Grand Rapids, MI. Harvest has taken on a new venture with regard to evangelism in their church. Adrian has been called as “Pastor of Evangelism & Youth.” We talk about the philosophy of this approach, how it came about, and we also […]
Stories From the Field: What Is Truth? – Ringoes, NJ
This week’s post is from Rev. Chris Bush from Calvary OPC in Ringoes, NJ. I am often tempted to think that I must fit everything into a single conversation, but as I have gone out with our church’s evangelism group, it has quickly become apparent that I have a limited number of words with a […]
2021 In Rewind
Thank you for your continued interest in and support of Outward OPC. 2021 saw 10,000 page views, 3000 podcast listens, and nearly 4000 people on the site from all around the country and even, to a small degree, the world. As a quick recap, we want to share the 3 posts that YOU said were […]
OPC Pastors Talk Outreach : Shane Lems – Part 2
This is week 2 with Shane. If you didn’t read last week, here is more on Shane, or skip down to the final portion of the interview. Shane Lems is the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Hammond, Wisconsin. He and his wife, Lisa, have 4 kids. Prior to ministry, Shane was in the US […]
OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Shane Lems – Part 1
Shane Lems is the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Hammond, Wisconsin. He and his wife, Lisa, have 4 kids. Prior to ministry, Shane was in the US Army Reserves for 6 years and worked in the auto parts industry. He is a graduate of Westminster Seminary in California, and was a church planter in […]
OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Dave Veldhorst Part 2
This is week 2 with Dave. If you didn’t read last week, here is more on Dave or skip down to the final portion of the interview. Dave Veldhorst is the pastor of Bethel OPC in Oostburg, WI. Dave grew up atBethel under the ministry of Don Stanton and Jim Bosgraf. He also has missionary […]