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 […]
Evangelism in Difficult Times
Specific Examples of God at Work During a Pandemic
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 […]
Small Efforts Can Make Huge Kingdom Impact
John Shaw talks about a couple of examples of how small, faithful efforts with people can grow into eternal fruit. It’s often not the big, extravagant plans but rather the small, simple acts of faithfulness that change peoples’ lives. These are the kinds of opportunities we may notice in particular during this time of restricted […]
Difficult Times: Fruitfulness In Your Neighborhood
We’ve been sharing excerpts from a video series by John Shaw on “Evangelism in Difficult Times.” This is the final installment and we want to share the whole video. It is worth your time. We’d encourage you to watch or bookmark it and watch on a Sunday…maybe as a household. It is filled with useful, […]
Difficult Times: Expectation in Prayer
In a time when we are trying to figure out what we should do about this, that, and 100 things on our minds, we should pray. We are prone to think–of course we should pray, but what should we do?! Another excerpt from John Shaw on the role of prayer in evangelism and loving our […]
Difficult Times: Gospel Fruitfulness At Home
Continuing from last week, John Shaw talks about how the gospel in our homes during this time of isolation fosters and fuels evangelism of the future. This is an excerpt from a longer video. John had a conference scheduled on evangelism for his home church that got canceled. They created a series of videos […]
Difficult Times: The Gospel For You & Your Neighbor
John Shaw, just a few days ago, recorded a video on “Evangelism in Difficult Times.” Here is a short excerpt where he talks about how the unchanging gospel is BOTH what you need and your neighbor needs right now. This is an excerpt from a longer video. John had a conference scheduled on evangelism […]
A Simple Note To Neighbors
Here is a simple example of loving our neighbors in this crisis shared by Al Tricarico: The present crisis provides unique opportunities to touch people in our neighborhoods—in a “distancing” kind of way. For the last few years, my wife, Laurie, and I have focused on eighteen homes that are nearest to us and sought […]