Eric Hausler is the pastor of Christ the King, an OPC Church in Naples, FL. A couple of years ago we had a great interview with him on Outward OPC. Many in the OPC appreciate Eric’s labors for the church in general and also in particular for his labors in outreach and evangelism to the […]
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Spatially Aware Evangelism?
Recently we found an article on the Reformation 21 blog and thought one portion of the article might be a thought provoking post here on Outward. The article is by Justin Poythress, an Assistant pastor at a PCA church in Fort Myers, FL. You are welcome to read the whole article, but we found this […]
Communication Series: Discussion & Highlights – Part 3
Our final round of highlights and short excerpts for discussion from our extended series, Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth In Speech & Action. If you’ve missed much of the series, these highlights may spark your curiosity. If you’ve been following the series, these may solidify some thoughts or provide for some discussion with a […]
Sunday Tour Guide Needed
This week is a fairly lengthy post, but we wanted to give it to you as a whole because it has a flow to it and creates one big picture. We expect that as people read though it, some will be drawn to one section more than another. Not everybody will implement every idea. That’s […]
On Being Normal (& Reformed)
This week we asked OPC Pastor Paul Viggiano to discuss the idea of being both Reformed and normal. Perhaps that seems odd to you, or perhaps you know it’s a much needed topic for us especially in regard to communicating in love and truth to those we seek to reach. On the one hand, we […]
Truth & Love: Communication That Connects
If you missed earlier posts in this series, “Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth In Speech & Action,” you can find them here: Truth & Love Series. 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 […]
Communication Series: Discussion & Highlights – Part 2
We are about two-thirds of the way through our series “Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth in Speech & Action.” Aware there is too much great stuff to read in our world and too little time, we continue to jump into these longer series for some highlights and discussion. Several churches have told us that […]
Lessons in Leadership – Part 7 (Al Tricarico)
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 […]
Adapting Outreach During Strange Times
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 […]
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 […]
You Have Spoken: Your Top 3 of 2020
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 […]
What I Learned From Big Evangelicalism About Reaching People
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 […]
Communication Series: Loving Their Story Part 2
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 […]
Communication Series: Loving Their Story Part 1
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 […]
The Only Christian In The Room
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 […]
Communication Series: Discussion & Highlights #1
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 […]
Truth & Love: Do You Want to Love Your Neighbor?
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 […]
Truth & Love: Practicing Hospitality As A Gospel Welcome (Al Tricarico)
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 […]
Truth & Love: Hospitality Communicates Gospel Truth (Al Tricarico)
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 […]
Truth & Love: Communicating Gospel Truth in Speech & Action
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 […]