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This is My Story Ben Breedlove

by Dave Jackson on December 29, 2011

A new Viral Video is going around that could lead to some good discussion with your youth. Have you heard about Ben Breedlove? Breedlove created the popular OurAdvice4You channel on YouTube in November 2010. He would give out relationship advice to his viewers and interview family members and friends. On May 23, 2011, he launched [...]

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Big Churches Getting Bigger – Free eBook

by Dave Jackson on May 12, 2011

Open publication – Free publishing – More ben stroup

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Free Evangelism eBooks

by Dave Jackson on May 6, 2011

I was unaware that May 15th is Internet Evangelsim Day. In honor of this day, a bunch of ebooks (and some for Kindle) are availabel for download. Some are available Month, and some are only available on May 15th (so mark your calendar). You can find them at http://www.internetevangelismday.com/free-christian-ebook-downloads.php

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Christian Confusion

by Dave Jackson on April 27, 2011

A new report from the barna group is out talking about “What Americans Believe About Universalism and Pluralism” it shows how many people think that “We’re all ok, and we are all saved.” The part of the report that shocked me was the Christian Persepctives. Here they are: “Christians’ Perspectives When looking at the Christian [...]

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Easter Service Checklist

by Dave Jackson on April 15, 2011

I found a great article from Outreach magazine. That has a list of items you shold be doing to make sure Easter does not sneak up on you. Encourage Invitation •Step 1 – Ask church members to pray for 5 people to invite on Easter Sunday. •Step 2 – Equip them with printed invitations and [...]

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Free Christian Audio Book

by Dave Jackson on April 3, 2011

We have a special deal for the Grow Your Church Show listening audience. You can receive one free audio book and a 14 day trial from Audible. There are over 1008 titles in the Religious and inspirational category alone (over 85,000 titles on the whole site). You could sign up for your free trial any [...]

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Getting People Into Church on Easter

by Dave Jackson on March 29, 2011

You want to have a full church on Easter. You hope the “Chreasters” can make it this year. Well Easter is four weeks away (if not less) and in theory you should’ve already made plans, had posters printed, and be promoting your plan starting last Sunday. If you’re stuck, or have no budget, here is [...]

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[amazonify]0310245907[/amazonify]Here is another book that may help you to get inside the mind of the people you are trying to reach. Here is what one reviewer said at amazon.com Everyone who takes the Christian faith seriously should read this book and be prepared to do some sober reflection. Whether a pastor, youth worker, elder, deacon, [...]

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Questioning Evangelism

by Dave Jackson on March 14, 2011

[amazonify]082543324X:left[/amazonify] Author Randy Newman suggests that we engage people around us in the way Jesus often did- by asking questions, even answering questions with questions. By using dialogue in this rabbinic style, we can engage people in such a way as to get them to think about their beliefs. Furthermore, and maybe more importantly, by [...]

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Share Jesus Without Fear

by Dave Jackson on March 10, 2011

I just heard about a book thats getting a lot of response. It’s called Share Jesus Without Fear. Its got 4.5 out of 5 stars at Amazon (after 45 reviews). Here are some of the reviews from Amazon.com Many evangelism styles are so challenging to the average Christian that they are like asking a baby [...]

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