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Lessons in Leadership – Part 7 (Al Tricarico)

January 19, 2021 By Home Missions

Last year we had a series on leadership that got significantly interrupted by life in 2020. We ended up fitting it in at different times, and we have one of those posts remaining which we are “fitting in” at the start of this new year. OPC Pastors shared not just thoughts on leadership, but we […]

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Adapting Outreach During Strange Times

January 12, 2021 By Home Missions

How are we supposed to reach people when we can’t find people and can’t hang out with them or even get close to them? We asked our church planters how they are learning to adapt their outreach efforts. It’s a challenging time, but here are some helpful, specific things OPC church plants are doing and […]

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Specific Examples of God at Work During a Pandemic

January 5, 2021 By Home Missions

Is God really at work during the pandemic? Are references to positive things happening just things we tell ourselves to keep encouraged and thinking positively? We asked our current church planters to tell us if they had one specific example of new people who have come to the church because of the circumstances of the […]

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You Have Spoken: Your Top 3 of 2020

December 28, 2020 By Home Missions

We are thankful for over 6,000 visitors and 15,000 views of various posts this year. Thanks for reading. listening, watching AND thanks for your feedback throughout the year. We love to hear what is working and what is needed from our audience. With that, a highlight of the top 3 posts of 2020 with a […]

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What I Learned From Big Evangelicalism About Reaching People

December 15, 2020 By Home Missions

Following up on the 2-part podcast we did with 3 OPC pastors, we asked Jesse Pirschel to write an article about what he learned during his time in Calvary Chapel that still influences his ministry, especially to the lost, even if he’s had to nuance and tweak those helpful things once he came to a […]

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SoCal Pastors Part 2 – Outward Focus

December 8, 2020 By Home Missions

Part 2 of our podcast with SoCal OPC Pastors Chris Hartshorn, Jesse Pirschel, and Jonathan Moersch. These 3 have a lot in common and all have backgrounds that are uncommon for OPC pastors that shed light on their approach to reaching the lost and unchurched. This is a continuation of a great conversation that started […]

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SoCal Pastors Part 1 – Evangelistic Culture

December 1, 2020 By Home Missions

We have an interesting podcast for you this week and next. We were able to talk to 3 OPC pastors who have a lot in common. The fact that they are OPC pastors in Southern California (SoCal) is only the start. You will find this podcast quite illuminating. We welcome Chris Hartshorn, Jesse Pirschel, and […]

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Communication Series: Loving Their Story Part 2

November 17, 2020 By Home Missions

This article is a continuation from last week. You are free to read this post as a stand alone, but it will make more sense in the context of last week’s part 1, which you can read here: Loving Their Story – Part 1 Part 1 also includes a preface from John Shaw that we […]

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Communication Series: Loving Their Story Part 1

November 10, 2020 By Home Missions

Preface To This Week’s Article By John Shaw: Every person is drawn to a good story. Does that statement sound too bold? Too certain? Absolute statements are often too simple, that we can all agree on. (See what I did there. Another absolute.) Yet I think, if we pay attention, we see that story telling […]

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On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 9

November 4, 2020 By Home Missions

In this final installment in the series, Brad Peppo talks about preaching and how being an outward-focused church plant affects preaching. (You can find this whole series with Brad here: Brad Peppo Series) Questions for Discussion or Thought: 1. Brad essentially says that after his first book focused on the core group (Ephesians), he then […]

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On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 8

October 28, 2020 By Home Missions

Brad Peppo continues to talk about various circumstances that lead to more “outwardness” in the life of a church or in the life of an individual Christian. Here, Brad talks about people in crisis and how that may open doors for gospel witness. Questions for Discussion or Thought: 1. Who in your life is “in […]

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On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 7

October 20, 2020 By Home Missions

Being a “church that plants churches” sounds like a great desire to have, but can be challenging to implement. Being a “church plant that plants churches” may sound even more challenging. But what does this mentality look like in practice? The Presbytery of Ohio is doing some concerted work in this area. Brad Peppo has […]

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Dig Deeper: Motivation & Imagery of Our Communication

October 13, 2020 By Home Missions

We opened this series on “Communication in Truth & Love” with a podcast with John Shaw. This week, we provide a short excerpt from that interview that wasn’t in the previous podcast episode. We had a follow up, or kind of dig deeper moment, where John talked about the biblical imagery that shapes our communication. […]

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The Only Christian In The Room

October 6, 2020 By Home Missions

If you missed earlier posts in this series, “Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth In Speech & Action,” you can find them here: “Truth & Love Communication Series”. For today’s post we asked Brad Peppo to write on an intriguing topic: What do you do if you are the only Christian in the room? Brad […]

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Communication Series: Discussion & Highlights #1

September 29, 2020 By Home Missions

We are about 5 weeks into our series “Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth in Speech & Action.” We know there is a lot of great stuff to read and not enough time. When we’ve done these longer series, we have found it helpful to jump in at various points and create a post that […]

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Truth & Love: Do You Want to Love Your Neighbor?

September 23, 2020 By Home Missions

If you have missed earlier posts in this series, “Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth In Speech & Action,” you can find them here: (Series Posts). Today’s post is from Jeremiah Montgomery, one of the pastors at Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Vandalia, OH. He is previously a foreign missionary in the OPC and former […]

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Truth & Love: Practicing Hospitality As A Gospel Welcome (Al Tricarico)

September 15, 2020 By Home Missions

Last week Al Tricarico discussed the importance and call of hospitality as a display of God’s welcome to us (Link: Part 1). This week Al continues with some practical thoughts about how to build a pattern of hospitality….Here’s Al: Know your neighbors Love of neighbor needs to be qualified. At least that is what the […]

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Truth & Love: Hospitality Communicates Gospel Truth (Al Tricarico)

September 9, 2020 By Home Missions

This series, “Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth in Speech & Action,” began last week with a podcast with John Shaw (Find that here: “Podcast- Shaw”). This week, Al Tricarico digs into the call of hospitality as a gospel welcome. As many will know, Al is the Associate General Secretary for Home Missions and former […]

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Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth in Speech & Action (John Shaw)

September 1, 2020 By Home Missions

Our first installment in this new series is a podcast with John Shaw. As many will know, John is the General Secretary of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension in the OPC. Note: If you already listen to podcasts, just search for “Outward OPC” in your podcast app for this and other episodes. […]

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Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth in Speech & Action

August 25, 2020 By Home Missions

As the September issue of New Horizons gets released in the next few days, readers will see an article from John Shaw about communication. There is an attached advertisement about a new, related series here on Outward OPC for this fall. That series will formally start next week with a podcast episode with John. For […]

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