Evangelism
Do the Work of an Evangelist
By Jaime Owens | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Dear pastors, do the work of an evangelist. By the grace of God, those whom you are called to lead will fill up the tracks you’ve made.
Pastoring in a Pandemic QuickTake: Serving Your Neighbors, Sharing the Gospel
By Mark Vroegop | 06.03.2020Mark Vroegop discusses how churches can share the gospel during the coronavirus pandemic.
Why People in Your Church Don’t Evangelize — And One Really Important Thing to Do About It
By Isaac Adams | 05.06.2020Pastor, when it comes to helping your people in their evangelism, patiently and faithfully encourage them!
How Can We Love Our Non-Christian Neighbors During COVID-19?
By A. Ziafat, B. Johnson, J. Kurz, P. Tibayan | 05.05.2020We asked pastors how they’d been serving their non-Christian neighbors since the pandemic disrupted regular ministry.
Pastoring in a Pandemic Episode 2: How COVID-19 Exposes & Embarrasses the Prosperity Gospel with Conrad Mbewe
By C. Mbewe, J. Leeman | 05.04.2020Jonathan Leeman chats with Conrad Mbewe, a pastor from Zambia, about how COVID-19 has provided a unique opportunity to expose the lies of the prosperity gospel, and to reach out to those people deceived by it.
Book Review: Missionary Methods, by Roland Allen
Review by Caleb Greggsen | 04.30.2020Allen’s philosophy of missions is full of tempered wisdom and careful consideration of how the goal of missions should shape its practice.
Why We Produced the Church Questions Series
By Sam Emadi | 04.09.2020The church isn’t just one aspect of the Christian life, it’s the context of our Christian life—it shapes all the other aspects of our Christian obedience.
Must You Share the Gospel in Every Sermon? Invitation Without the Altar Call
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020Sometimes the road to Christ is wider, and sometimes it’s narrower. But it’s always there, and the faithful preacher will call believers and unbelievers alike to repentance and faith whenever the Book is opened.
Building a Culture of Evangelism Takes Time, So Be Patient and Get to Work
By C. Greggsen, S. Emadi | 02.24.2020It takes time to grow a culture of evangelism. Hopefully some of these practices will help.
All Christian Ministry Is Supernatural
By William Farley | 01.27.2020Paul had no illusions. He would either have a supernatural ministry or go home. He was totally dependent. There were no other options.
Essential and Indispensable: Women and the Mission of the Church
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019The essential and indispensable nature of women for the mission of the church does not depend upon any form of programmatic or paid ministry. It depends on what Christ has made women through dying and rising for them: disciples, witnesses, priests, fellow-workers.
Can Women Be Sent Out as Missionaries?
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019So can women be missionaries? Yes, of course. But also yes to the biblical teaching on gender distinctions in the life of the church. The two are not at odds.
The Great Commission Is Guaranteed, So Let’s Get to Work
By Dayton Hartman | 11.01.2019Every church that takes seriously the Great Commission must take seriously the need to plant more churches that will make disciples who plant more churches . . . and this is the pattern until Christ returns.
10 Reasons Why You Should Preach through Romans
By Bob Johnson | 10.25.2019John Piper waited until the end of his pastoral ministry before he preached through Romans. I didn’t have that much wisdom, so I dove in.
6 Reasons You Should Preach through Acts
By Jeramie Rinne | 10.07.2019The book of Acts is the narrative of how God’s end-times promises have begun to be fulfilled by the risen Lord Jesus through the Spirit-empowered apostolic preaching of the gospel to all people and the establishing of local churches.
