One of the things that helps the most in encouraging me toward outward living is being in community with other Christians who are also desiring to live with an outward focus. When I am attempting this pursuit on my own…
When Paul instructs us to “to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ”, he is telling us something about what the body of Christ should be doing and becoming. First of all Paul is…
One of the reasons that churches tend to move inward is the call of Ephesians 4 to equip the saints for the work of ministry. We can find ourselves thinking that the role of the church leader is to equip…
I was recently with a group of pastors and one of them asked this question: “How do you respond to someone in your church who says that they are not called to evangelism but rather to equip the saints?” This…
For many Christians the words of the Great Commission are familiar words: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”…
One of the conversations that church leaders will sometimes find themselves in is how do you create a balance between ministry to the church family and ministry outside the church family? We tend to divide our ministries into these two…
When I think of the church, the body of Christ, I think of us as a family on mission. As with any family, the church has the privilege of being in life with each other in a manner that we…