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Evangelism & Ministry During Pandemic

Stories From the (Virtual) Field: Webinar in TX

May 26, 2020 By Home Missions

Carl Miller, OPC church planter in New Braunfels, TX recently hosted a free webinar on “Grief & Perseverance in Suffering.” He did the same presentation twice at different times of day to accommodate peoples’ schedules. He used ZOOM which allowed him to give a presentation, including PowerPoint slides, and a Q&A after with those who […]

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Stories From the (Virtual Field): Angels Rejoice!

May 19, 2020 By Home Missions

This story relayed to us through an elder in the OPC… We rejoice in the Lord to hear that a young college aged woman living in the home of an OPC family has recently come to faith during this pandemic. Two notes of encouragement we may glean from this as we seek to be more […]

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Small Efforts Can Make Huge Kingdom Impact

May 12, 2020 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Stories From the (Virtual) Field: Stories To Inspire Neighbors

May 5, 2020 By Home Missions

Pastor Ralph Rebandt in Oakland Hills, MI recently started creating short videos on “Inspirational Real Life Stories.” As we write, he has done 3 episodes. Ralph says that these videos are not intended to be theologically deep, but like the parables to reach people who may not have otherwise thought about spiritual things. The videos […]

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Stories From the (Virtual) Field: Daily Videos in SoCal

April 28, 2020 By Home Missions

Pastor Andrew Canavan in Corona, CA has been doing short, daily videos for his congregation for a few weeks. The videos are no frills, about 3-4 minutes, and covering a wide range of topics. Andrew just uses his smartphone, no lighting or mics and talks about good books, movies, music and hymns, church history and […]

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Difficult Times: Fruitfulness In Your Neighborhood

April 21, 2020 By Home Missions

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, […]

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Difficult Times: Expectation in Prayer

April 14, 2020 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Difficult Times: Gospel Fruitfulness At Home

April 7, 2020 By Home Missions

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 […]

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Difficult Times: The Gospel For You & Your Neighbor

March 30, 2020 By Home Missions

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 […]

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A Simple Note To Neighbors

March 25, 2020 By Home Missions

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 […]

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