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2021 In Rewind

January 4, 2022 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach : Shane Lems – Part 2

December 14, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Shane Lems – Part 1

December 7, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Dave Veldhorst Part 2

November 30, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Dave Veldhorst Part 1

November 16, 2021 By Home Missions

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 experience with MTW in Japan for two years and Thailand for several years. Dave was called to pastor Bethel in 2013. He and his wife, Jan, have […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Andrew Canavan Part 2

November 9, 2021 By Home Missions

Andrew is the church planter at Corona OPC in Corona, CA. He is a Philadelphia native who attended Wheaton College and Grad School, as well as Westminster Seminary in California. He and his wife, Rebekah, have three young children. Here are Andrew’s responses to our final 3 questions… Question: What is a great idea or […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Andrew Canavan Part 1

November 2, 2021 By Home Missions

Andrew is the church planter at Corona OPC in Corona, CA. He is a Philadelphia native who attended Wheaton College and Grad School, as well as Westminster Seminary in California. He and his wife, Rebekah, have three young children. This week, we’ll share Andrew’s responses to our first 3 questions…. Question: What is something that […]

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Steady Growth & Consistent Effort in TX – Carl Miller Part 2

October 26, 2021 By Home Missions

We interviewed Carl Miller, the pastor of New Braunfels OPC in New Braunfels, TX–just outside 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 and […]

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Loving People, Not Just the Idea of People

October 19, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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The Lord Builds In TX – Carl Miller Part 1

October 12, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Lowell Ivey Part 2

September 28, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Lowell Ivey Part 1

September 21, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Tyler Detrick Part 2

September 15, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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OPC Pastors Talk Outreach: Tyler Detrick – Part 1

September 8, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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New Series: OPC Pastors Talk Outreach

August 31, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Outreach As An RHM – Different Styles & Approaches

August 24, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Open My Lips – The Final Word With Eric Hausler

August 17, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Open My Lips – Part 3 Everyday Examples

August 3, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Regional Church Planting & Outreach in the OPC

July 27, 2021 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Open My Lips – Part 2 With Eric Hausler

July 20, 2021 By Home Missions

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. […]

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