Last week at the Church Planter Training Conference, Al & Laurie Tricarico gave a presentation on Hospitality & Evangelism from which we pull a couple of highlights that should encourage each of us: Question Posed to the Group: Why is hospitality a qualification for elders?(We can broaden that to why are Christians called to be […]
Millennials Talk Millennials Highlights Part 2
Let’s put a bow on the Millennials Talk Millennials series. Part way through, we gave you a “Highlights – Part 1.” Now, we’ll pair that with a Highlights from Part 2. These two posts work nicely as something to read together and discuss. Regarding the challenges and identity millennials: From Charles Williams (Charles’s full post) […]
The Best of 2019
Thank you to all of our readers/viewers/listeners! 2019 saw 6,800 users log onto the site to view over 25,000 posts. Most importantly, here are the most popular posts from all of 2019: #4 – “On the Frontlines” with Eric Hausler – Part 1 : Eric is the OPC Pastor in Naples, FL and sat down […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 8 (Charles Williams)
This is installment 8 and the final in our series. You can find the other posts here: (Millennials Talk Millennials). This week, we hear from Charles Williams. He is 38 and one of the pastors at Bethel OPC in Wheaton, IL. While technically not a millennial, we make an exception because Charles’s ministry is committed […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 7 (Dan Adams)
This is installment 7 in our series. You can find the other posts here: (Millennials Talk Millennials). This week, we hear from Dan Adams. He is 31 and the Associate Pastor to Youth & Young Adults at Redeemer OPC in Ada, MI. Dan has spent the last 12 years working with younger people and college […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 6 (Mike Myers)
This is installment 6 in our series. You can find the other posts here: (Millennials Talk Millennials). This week, we hear from Mike Myers. He is the pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Royston, GA. Mike is 32, married to Katy and has 6 kids. Along with being a millennial himself, Mike spent 8 […]
Millennials Talk Millennials Highlights
In September & October we posted a 5-part series of OPC millennials talking about reaching millennials. We have a couple more posts coming in the series, but wanted to pause and give you a single post summary and recap. The authors have been very forthcoming and helpful and there are probably 20 things in this […]
Making the Gospel Clear in Our Culture – Part 2
Last week, Jeremiah Montgomery established the importance of gospel clarity in our communication to a culture that is no longer familiar with biblical/Christian ideas (Link: Part 1). This week he digs into examples of how we do that. Here’s Jeremiah: Making the Gospel Clear (Part 2) When my children were young, one of the books […]
Making the Gospel Clear in Our Culture – Part 1
We want to bring to this audience a two-part post by Jeremiah Montgomery that was originally published in New Horizons back when Jeremiah was church planting in State College, PA (before he went to the mission field). In these posts, Jeremiah lays out the importance and need for gospel clarity in an age where people […]
An Outside the Box Evangelism Story
This is a one installment video of a great story of evangelism. Ryan Cavanaugh of Mission OPC in Merriville, Indiana found an opportunity that was true to who he is and the Lord opened amazing doors. Ryan not only tells the story but extracts some principles that should encourage and challenge us. Questions for thought […]
Do You Know Their Playlist?
Recently, John Shaw read an interesting post on a blog some of you may know called, Gentle Reformation. It’s a thoughtful piece–insightful with the right balance of qualifications–about the powerful messages of some of the most popular music of the day. You’ll notice from the title of the post that it’s a prod to pastors, […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 5 (Kerri Ann Cruse)
This is installment 5 in our series. You can find the other posts here: (Millennials Talk Millennials). This week, we hear from Kerri Ann Cruse. Kerri Ann is 27, mother of 1 year-old Jacob. She is the Social Media & Video Coordinator for the OPC. Kerri Ann is also the wife to Jonathan Cruse who […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 4 (Jonathan Cruse)
This is installment 4 in our series. You can find the other posts here: (Millennials Talk Millennials). This week, we hear from Jonathan Cruse. Jonathan is 27 and the pastor of Community Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Kalamazoo, MI. During Jonathan’s time at Community, the number of millennials has grown to about 25% of the congregation, […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 3 (Everett Henes)
This is installment 3 in our series. You can find the other posts here: (Millennials Talk Millennials). This week, we hear from Everett Henes. Everett is the pastor of Hillsdale OPC in Michigan. He’s 43 (yes we know that’s not a millennial), but he’s had extensive ministry opportunities with millennials for the past decade at […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 2 (Tiffany Ward)
Last week was our first installment of a series with OPC millennials talking about reaching millennials. (Link: Part 1: Ben Ward) This week, we hear from Tiffany Ward. Tiffany is 25, a consultant for a healthcare company, and an author of a thriller trilogy (Amazon: TA Ward). She has a degree from Gordon Conwell Seminary, […]
OPC Millennials Talk Reaching Millennials – Part 1 (Ben Ward)
We start a new series where we asked several OPC Millennials to talk about reaching Millennials. We provided 4 broad categories of questions, which you will see summarized, to prompt our respondents. These were simply prompts, and we gave them broad leeway to talk about important matters related to the OPC reaching millennials. A millennial […]
On The Frontlines: Eric Hausler – Part 8
In this final installment, Eric talks about how to approach turning initial encounters with people toward a more developing relationship that may become a gospel opportunity. (Note: These are all stand alone videos, but if you’ve missed the earlier installments you can find them here: Hausler Series) Questions for Thought or Discussion: 1) How does […]
On The Frontlines: Eric Hausler – Part 7
What types of things encourage a church community to be more evangelistic over the long haul? Eric talks about building a culture of evangelism in the church and in the family. He shares a number of helpful stories and practical ideas to point a church and a family in a more “outward” direction. (Note: These […]
Podcast Ep. #10: Nick Lammé
How does a missionary in Costa Rica end up on the mission field of Houston to minister to post-Hurricane Harvey residents? What do people think of the OPC after 1 year of service to Houston residents? How does the service and deacon led ministry of Disaster Response lead to an evangelist on the ground in […]
What We’ve Learned From You
It’s been about 18 months since we started Outward OPC, which leads us to reflect on a couple of things we’ve learned over the first year and a half of this project. 1. There are many remarkable and wonderful things happening in the OPC regarding evangelism. From the simple and quiet development of gospel-directed relationship […]