Worth Fighting For: Key Lessons in Reviving a Small Church in Decline
I asked Jimmy Hinton to provide insight into the turnaround process in the small church where he ministers in Somerset Pennsylvania. He graciously provided these insights, reminding us that small churches don’t have to die. They can make a return to growth but it is going to take work! Jimmy’s thoughts… Many people have told […]
A Minister’s Take On Church Steps Outreach (Part 3) by Jimmy Hinton
This is Jimmy Hinton’s third and final blog on how the Church Steps Outreach has been working for their congregation. I am so encouraged by this! Thanks Jimmy for passing this along. Praise God that He is up to some mighty things when it comes to reaching the lost! In the two previous blogs, I […]
A Minister’s Take On Church Steps Outreach (Part 2) by Jimmy Hinton
More from Jimmy Hinton on how they have implemented Church Steps Outreach in Pennsylvania! Hopefully my previous blog brought some encouragement to ministers of small congregations who may feel stuck in a rut or who are just trying to be more evangelistic. Just to share a little more background—I’ve always believed (and still do!) what […]
A Minister’s Take On Church Steps Outreach (Part 1) by Jimmy Hinton
I minister at the Somerset Church of Christ in Somerset, PA. The question was brought to me around Thanksgiving 2012—“Could you teach a class on evangelism?” This was a great topic to teach because in 2012 I preached the entire year on the Great Commission. Yet, despite the polite pats on my shoulder week after […]
Tomorrow Morning’s Post is One You Will Want to Read
A friend of mine is doing two guest posts. One will be posted in the morning and I have to tell you that I was moved by what he has to say. His name is Jimmy Hinton. Jimmy is a minister at a small church in Pennsylvania. Over the last several months Jimmy got inspired […]
National Day of Prayer Neighborhood Outreach Idea
The National Day of Prayer is Thursday May 2nd. Typically at Northwest, we dedicate the Wednesday night before to a prayer service. We gather prayer requests and then people pray over the request cards in the pews, prayer room, classrooms, or wherever they feel comfortable to pray. This year we are going to do something […]
Paradigm Shift: The Problem With Books on Evangelism
I probably have a dozen books on how to do evangelism on the shelf. About five years ago I tried to teach a class on evangelism from some of these books and what we ended up with was a whole lot of information without much visible action or change. Some of them have hundreds of […]
Developing Christians to Evangelize and Disciple
I have already posted a bunch of posts on our the outreach program we have been working on at Northwest called Church Steps (please check out that page if you don’t know what this ministry is but want more info on equipping and facilitating outreach in the congregation). The goal has been to engage our […]
Church Steps Outreach is Spreading!
Some time back I introduced something on the blog called “Church Steps”. There were several people who were interested in trying this approach to outreach out. I got some feedback from a friend of mine who decided it would be worth trying this out where he ministers in Pennsylvania. My friend’s name is Jimmy Hinton […]
Q & A on “Church Steps” Outreach (Part 2)
Here are some questions a friend of mine asked about how to implement “Church Steps” at the congregation he ministers at. These questions were from those in the congregation who are interested in implementing this approach: Question: Do they use a questionnaire to find out what people are willing to do? Answer: We introduced Church […]