We came across an article that had an interesting idea that we thought we’d turn into a post here. The article was based on a fictional conversation in the book The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky and was written by a professor at Midwestern Baptist Seminary. We are pulling out just a portion of the article […]
The Lord Builds In TX – Carl Miller Part 1
We interviewed Carl Miller, the pastor of New Braunfels OPC in New Braunfels, TX–just outside of San Antonio. Carl was formerly involved in an OPC church plant in Houston and was called to New Braunfels about two years ago. The Lord is doing exciting things bringing people into this church. Hear some of the stories […]
OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Lowell Ivey Part 2
This is week 2 with Lowell Ivey. If you didn’t read last week, here is more about Lowell, or skip down for the remainder of our interview. Lowell Ivey is the pastor of Reformation Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Virginia Beach since 2016. He and his wife, Mae, have 5 children ranging from 8 years to […]
OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Lowell Ivey Part 1
Lowell Ivey is the pastor of Reformation Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Virginia Beach since 2016. He and his wife, Mae, have 5 children ranging from 8 years to 4 months old. Some of you may know of Lowell’s testimony as it’s one of those you don’t forget and it’s been told in various venues, including […]
OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Tyler Detrick Part 2
This is week 2 with Tyler as we share his final 3 answers to our questions. If you didn’t read last week, here is more about Tyler: Tyler Detrick is the organizing pastor of First Street Reformed Fellowship in Dayton, OH. Tyler is one of the younger and newer OPC ministers. He interned with Brad […]
OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Tyler Detrick – Part 1
Tyler Detrick is the organizing pastor of First Street Reformed Fellowship in Dayton, OH. Tyler is one of the younger and newer OPC ministers. He interned with Brad Peppo and then was ordained and installed in Dayton in November of 2020. He and his wife, Natalie, have a one-year old son. Tyler grew up 20 […]
New Series: OPC Pastors Talk Outreach
Next week Outward OPC starts a new series for the fall. We have interviewed about a dozen OPC pastors—many doing faithful work that you probably don’t know much about. And we’ve asked them about things like: What has changed in your views and practice about outreach during your ministry? What are things you’ve learned from […]
Outreach As An RHM – Different Styles & Approaches
We interviewed Mark Sumpter, Regional Home Missionary for the Presbytery of the Southwest. Mark was a longtime OPC pastor before becoming a Regional Home Missionary 5 years ago. In this second part of our interview, Mark talks about how to balance and use both a very public approach (door-to-door, street fair etc.) and a very […]
Open My Lips – The Final Word With Eric Hausler
Our final post in this series is a short bonus. In a Q&A, Eric was asked how to go from making all these connections with people (about everyday life) to getting to the gospel. Eric gave a thoughtful and helpful answer in just a couple minutes. Again, thanks to the Presbytery of Ohio for holding […]
Open My Lips – Part 3 Everyday Examples
As we wind down in this whole series, today is a unique opportunity. In his conference, Eric Hausler took some extended time to give examples from his own life and church about how being intentional with people has led to open doors that God has blessed dramatically at times. Eric is a bit of a […]
Regional Church Planting & Outreach in the OPC
We interviewed Mark Sumpter, Regional Home Missionary for the Presbytery of the Southwest. Mark was a longtime OPC pastor before becoming a Regional Home Missionary 5 years ago. In this first part of our interview, Mark talks about ways in which he implements outreach efforts across a region of the country. He is specific about […]
Open My Lips – Part 2 With Eric Hausler
Continuing with highlights from Eric Hausler’s conference with the Presbytery of Ohio, this short video is very interesting. We started this series talking about how Eric has a view about people as “landscape” that has stuck with a number of people. In our last series on Outward, two of the writers–one from Ohio–mentioned Eric’s illustration. […]
Open My Lips – Part 1 With Eric Hausler
This week, we begin the final section of this series where we are highlighting parts of a conference Eric Hausler did for the Presbytery of Ohio. We are thankful for the Presbytery of Ohio having this conference and allowing and encouraging us to use these shorter clips for this series. Past installments can be found […]
A Remarkable Story of God’s Work in the OPC
21 years. Almost to the day. God answers the prayers of his people as they gather as a church to seek His favor. Recently, Jay Bennett, pastor of Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church in Neon, KY told us a story—a remarkable story of God’s faithfulness. Neon, KY is a rural region of Appalachia. It is very […]
Proclaiming the Cross With Compassion & Love
In last week’s post, Eric Hausler dealt with concerns over sharing the gospel of God’s love in relation to God’s sovereignty. Here is an example of that in practice. From a Q&A segment, Eric shares an idea and example about how to communicate to people with compassion and love: Questions for Thought or Discussion: […]
Proclaiming the Cross to….Everyone – With Eric Hausler
We have already had a whole segment of this series where Eric Hausler did a conference with the Presbytery of Ohio on evangelism in the every day encounters of life. This week’s post is from a second message in that conference where Eric dealt with some theological questions (in a practical way) coming from a […]
A Faithful, Steady Ministry in Rural America – Jay Bennett Part 2
We conclude our interview with Jay Bennett, pastor of Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church (OPC), in Neon, KY. Jay talks about a ministry that seeks to be faithful with what’s in front of them and the Lord blesses in numerous areas. We also learn more about Jay and how the Lord prepared him for Neon, KY–a […]
Are We Living In A Distant Drama?
Last week, we read an interesting article on The Gospel Coalition website called, “The Danger of Being Driven By Distant Drama.” We’ll link the article below if you want to read the whole thing, but as we are prone to do, we want to distill it down to the couple ideas that we found thought […]
Church Planting in Rural America: Jay Bennett – Neon, KY
We interviewed Jay Bennett, pastor of Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church (OPC), in Neon, KY. Eastern Kentucky is an interesting area and the OPC church plant their has a unique story. In this first part of our interview, Jay tells us a little about that story and the challenges the church has faced. He also shares […]
How Do You View The Landscape? – Part 5 (Engaging Normally)
We are continuing our series of posts containing excerpts from a conference, put on by the Presbytery of Ohio, where Eric Hausler taught on evangelism–particularly God’s sovereignty in our everyday encounters with people. You can view previous posts from the series here: Series Posts In a Q&A session, Eric was asked about the difficulty of […]