by Mez McConnell and Mike McKinley If you’ve never heard Mez McConnell speak, he is worth a listen. With his Scottish accent and street-smart personality, he has a way of putting deep theological concepts into easy-to-understand vernacular. Before reading his work, I would highly recommend listening to his testimony, which can be found by doing […]
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There is an epidemic within many evangelical churches. We have relegated evangelism to the level of programs. Many church members look at their local body and think, “we are doing evangelism-we have a children’s ministry, VBS, special events, and even may go door-to-door.” This is a terrible confusion of terms and focus. Evangelism is not
I pastor a smaller, traditional Baptist church. We have a single pastor/elder, 2 (soon to be 3) deacons, and a board of trustees. This makes pastoral leadership a little bit of a lonely place. My long-term goal is for our church to have lay elders. But what do elders do? What’s our “job” (even if
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