2008-11-09T10:10:11-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/ministry http://ied.gospelcom.net/parable.php 2008-11-09T10:10:11-05:00 ‘Once upon a time, Truth went about the streets as naked as the day he was born. As a result, no-one would let him into their homes. Whenever people caught sight of him, they turned away and fled...' Why are parables so effective? What is the role of story-telling in evangelism? http://ied.gospelcom.net/felt-needs.php 2008-11-09T10:07:26-05:00 The concept of ministering to people’s ‘felt needs’ is sometimes misunderstood. “Surely we should be speaking to their real spiritual needs?” is a potential criticism and valid question. http://ied.gospelcom.net/communication-channel.php 2008-11-09T09:44:33-05:00 A growing range of articles on different aspects of web, media and other forms of outreach. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Grabbing-the-Golden-Moment-4365 2008-08-27T16:04:30-05:00 Now in our word for today from the Word of God, Jesus is describing a window of opportunity that is easy to miss, an exciting scene that you have to capture when the moment is there. It's in John 9:4. Jesus says this: "As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him who sent Me. Night is coming when no one can work." He's describing what I'll call the "work of God window" - this brief spiritual opening during which you can accomplish an important spiritual objective. Then, just like those photo opportunities that we've missed, that golden moment is gone. http://ied.gospelcom.net/case-study.php 2008-08-21T17:50:28-05:00 TruthMedia's two website for women provide a useful case study on how to do web evangelism. Outwardly similar, one is written for Christian women, and the other for non-Christians, thereby demonstrating how to produce an effective outreach site. http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/992/08-2008 2008-08-15T12:32:12-05:00 Using the strategy Jesus employed—of moving people from outside the kingdom to becoming believers, disciples, workers, and eventually world Christians—church-planting ministries have consistently employed their own versions of what some refer to as the "Ministry Multiplication Cycle." http://ied.gospelcom.net/humor.php 2008-08-12T12:16:49-05:00 The significance of humor is often not understood as being a scripturally-mandated means of communication. It's not about a quick joke to start the sermon, but about embedding humor into all our evangelism and ministry. http://ied.gospelcom.net/medicine.php 2008-08-12T11:55:48-05:00 Spurgeon, one of the 19th century's most significant preachers, made great use of humor in his ministry. Dr Larry Michael explains the biblical signicance of humor, and why it was so important to Spurgeon. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Get-in-the-Game-4011 2008-08-01T16:59:59-05:00 I can't help but wonder if Jesus isn't trying to say that to some of us. Maybe to you. "Get out of the stands and get in the game!" The "game" is His work on this planet - in your church, your community, in some ministry, in trying to help some people you know be in heaven with you. http://xxxchurch.com/gethelp/pastors/confessions.html 2008-06-26T11:07:04-05:00 A place to share and begin the process of healing for pastors involved in porn.