Category: evangelism
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Why Multiplication Feels So Far Away
For nearly 20 years, I’ve prayed for and pursued the multiplication of disciples and churches here in Austin, while also supporting the spread of the gospel overseas. I believe multiplication is at the heart of the Great Commission—Jesus calls us to make disciples of all nations, and that work necessarily includes both sending and reproducing.…
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Parenting, Education and Mission
Recently, I was chatting with a member of our church who has been intentionally living on mission for several years amongst unreached people groups in Austin. He has children that are similar in age to mine, so we struck up a conversation about school. In that conversation, I was incredibly challenged by his faithfulness to…
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Soccer and the Kingdom of God
I played soccer up until high school, and always enjoyed the game, so when it came time to put Micah into sports, soccer was a natural choice. After a few stints at the YMCA, we joined our neighborhood league and I volunteered to help coach our team. It’s been an interesting few weeks in the…
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2012 Verge Talk – Who is the Missionary?
At Verge this year, I referred to the video above from Verge 2012 as the reason why we are pursuing missional communities. It’s a simple argument for the need for new forms to engage our cities with the gospel. What do you think needs to change about how we gather as the church?
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Refreshing Perspective | The Blueprint
I’ve really enjoyed reading Jaeson Ma’s book The Blueprint: A Revolutionary Plan to Plant Missional Communities on Campus. Jaeson is certainly cut from a different theological tree than I am, but I have been challenged and refreshed by his perspective. The book is essentially broken down into three sections: Prayer, Evangelism, and Missional Community. The…
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Lessons in Evangelism | Gentrified
Logan is doing a quick set of posts on Evangelism at Gentrified. Below is an excerpt: I am far from gifted in evangelism, if there was such a thing as ungifted that would be me, but I’ve learned that Paul’s exhortation to Timothy to “do the work of evangelist” likely means Timothy wasn’t either, but…
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Evangelism | TheResurgence
A funny, yet very practical tidbit on evangelism from The Resurgence. This captures the main idea of of externally focused, gospel driven community: Click here to read